#BBB839#BBB839

#BBB839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.144 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB839
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -14.01, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 63.10, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% -0.0446 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.144 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.3739, 45.1424, 10.5621)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB839 #393CBB

analogous

#BB7739 #BBB839 #7DBB39

triadic

#BBB839 #39BBB8 #B839BB

tetradic

#BBB839 #39BB77 #393CBB #BB397D

square

#BBB839 #39BB77 #393CBB #BB397D

split-complementary

#BBB839 #397DBB #7739BB

monochromatic

#5D5C1C #8C8A2B #BBB839 #CFCD62 #DDDC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BBB839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB839

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB839	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)

#C7B124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.144 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd77',
    500: '#bbb839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb839;
$custom-light: #d3cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.615,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7623,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB839

secondary

#8789C8

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB839

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

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