#BBB742#BBB742

#BBB742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.137 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB742
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.78, -12.99, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.78, 59.20, 102.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0408 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.137 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4117, 44.8263, 11.7822)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB742 #4246BB

analogous

#BB7B42 #BBB742 #82BB42

triadic

#BBB742 #42BBB7 #B742BB

tetradic

#BBB742 #42BB7B #4246BB #BB4282

square

#BBB742 #42BB7B #4246BB #BB4282

split-complementary

#BBB742 #4282BB #7B42BB

monochromatic

#615E22 #8E8B32 #BBB742 #CCC96E #DCDA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BBB742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB742

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB742	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.137 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc7c',
    500: '#bbb742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb742;
$custom-light: #d2cc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76085,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB742

secondary

#9193C8

accent

#55D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB742

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

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