#BBB836#BBB836

#BBB836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.146 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB836
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 71.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -14.16, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 64.20, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0453 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.146 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3013, 45.1134, 10.1795)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB836 #3639BB

analogous

#BB7636 #BBB836 #7BBB36

triadic

#BBB836 #36BBB8 #B836BB

tetradic

#BBB836 #36BB76 #3639BB #BB367B

square

#BBB836 #36BB76 #3639BB #BB367B

split-complementary

#BBB836 #367BBB #7636BB

monochromatic

#5C5B1B #8C8928 #BBB836 #D0CE5E #DEDC8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BBB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB836

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB836	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.146 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd76',
    500: '#bbb836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb836;
$custom-light: #d3cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76209,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB836

secondary

#8486C9

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB836

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

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