#BBB636#BBB636

#BBB636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.144 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB636
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.42, -13.14, 62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.42, 63.46, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0425 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.144 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8888, 44.2883, 10.0420)
Luminance	0.4429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB636 #363BBB

analogous

#BB7336 #BBB636 #7EBB36

triadic

#BBB636 #36BBB6 #B636BB

tetradic

#BBB636 #36BB73 #363BBB #BB367E

square

#BBB636 #36BB73 #363BBB #BB367E

split-complementary

#BBB636 #367EBB #7336BB

monochromatic

#5C5A1B #8C8828 #BBB636 #D0CC5E #DEDB8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#BBB636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB636

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB636	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.144 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb76',
    500: '#bbb636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb636;
$custom-light: #d3cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75774,
    "c": 0.14407,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB636

secondary

#8487C9

accent

#4FDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB636

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

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