#BBB640#BBB640

#BBB640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.137 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB640
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, -12.60, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 59.63, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0399 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.137 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1482, 44.3921, 11.4085)
Luminance	0.4439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB640 #4045BB

analogous

#BB7940 #BBB640 #83BB40

triadic

#BBB640 #40BBB6 #B640BB

tetradic

#BBB640 #40BB79 #4045BB #BB4083

square

#BBB640 #40BB79 #4045BB #BB4083

split-complementary

#BBB640 #4083BB #7940BB

monochromatic

#605D21 #8D8A30 #BBB640 #CDC96C #DCD999

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#BBB640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBB640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB640

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB640	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.137 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cb7b',
    500: '#bbb640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb640;
$custom-light: #d3cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75851,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB640

secondary

#8F91C8

accent

#55D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB640

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

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