#BBB735#BBB735

#BBB735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.146 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB735
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -13.70, 62.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 64.19, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0441 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.146 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0711, 44.6901, 9.9881)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB735 #3539BB

analogous

#BB7435 #BBB735 #7CBB35

triadic

#BBB735 #35BBB7 #B735BB

tetradic

#BBB735 #35BB74 #3539BB #BB357C

square

#BBB735 #35BB74 #3539BB #BB357C

split-complementary

#BBB735 #357CBB #7435BB

monochromatic

#5C5A1A #8B8827 #BBB735 #D1CD5C #DEDC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#BBB735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB735

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB735	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.146 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc75',
    500: '#bbb735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb735;
$custom-light: #d3cc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75984,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB735

secondary

#8385C9

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB735

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

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