#BBB831#BBB831

#BBB831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.149 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB831
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -14.40, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 65.94, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0464 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.149 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.1898, 45.0688, 9.5926)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB831 #3134BB

analogous

#BB7331 #BBB831 #79BB31

triadic

#BBB831 #31BBB8 #B831BB

tetradic

#BBB831 #31BB73 #3134BB #BB3179

square

#BBB831 #31BB73 #3134BB #BB3179

split-complementary

#BBB831 #3179BB #7331BB

monochromatic

#5A5918 #8B8824 #BBB831 #D3D056 #E0DE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#BBB831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB831

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB831	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.149 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd73',
    500: '#bbb831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb831;
$custom-light: #d3cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76176,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB831

secondary

#7F80C9

accent

#49E246

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB831

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

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