#BBB642#BBB642

#BBB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.136 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB642
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -12.48, 57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 58.81, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0394 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.136 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2062, 44.4153, 11.7137)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB642 #4247BB

analogous

#BB7A42 #BBB642 #83BB42

triadic

#BBB642 #42BBB6 #B642BB

tetradic

#BBB642 #42BB7A #4247BB #BB4283

square

#BBB642 #42BB7A #4247BB #BB4283

split-complementary

#BBB642 #4283BB #7A42BB

monochromatic

#615E22 #8E8A32 #BBB642 #CCC86E #DCD99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#BBB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB642

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB642	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.136 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb7c',
    500: '#bbb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb642;
$custom-light: #d2cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75868,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB642

secondary

#9193C8

accent

#56D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB642

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

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