#BBB838#BBB838

#BBB838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.145 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB838
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 70.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -14.06, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 63.47, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0448 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.145 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.3492, 45.1325, 10.4320)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB838 #383BBB

analogous

#BB7638 #BBB838 #7CBB38

triadic

#BBB838 #38BBB8 #B838BB

tetradic

#BBB838 #38BB76 #383BBB #BB387C

square

#BBB838 #38BB76 #383BBB #BB387C

split-complementary

#BBB838 #387CBB #7638BB

monochromatic

#5D5B1C #8C8A2A #BBB838 #D0CD61 #DEDC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BBB838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB838

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB838	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.145 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd77',
    500: '#bbb838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb838;
$custom-light: #d3cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 53.909,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76223,
    "c": 0.14474,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB838

secondary

#8688C8

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB838

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

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