#BBB553#BBB553

#BBB553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB553
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, -10.77, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 50.97, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0326 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.12 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5799, 44.2383, 14.6885)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB553 #5359BB

analogous

#BB8153 #BBB553 #8DBB53

triadic

#BBB553 #53BBB5 #B553BB

tetradic

#BBB553 #53BB81 #5359BB #BB538D

square

#BBB553 #53BB81 #5359BB #BB538D

split-complementary

#BBB553 #538DBB #8153BB

monochromatic

#6A662A #96903B #BBB553 #CCC87F #DEDBAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#BBB553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB553

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB553	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb87',
    500: '#bbb553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb553;
$custom-light: #d2cb87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75823,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB553

secondary

#9EA1CB

accent

#5CD355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB553

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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