#BBB840#BBB840

#BBB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.139 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB840
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -13.62, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 60.40, 103.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0428 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.139 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5608, 45.2171, 11.5460)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB840 #4043BB

analogous

#BB7B40 #BBB840 #80BB40

triadic

#BBB840 #40BBB8 #B840BB

tetradic

#BBB840 #40BB7B #4043BB #BB4080

square

#BBB840 #40BB7B #4043BB #BB4080

split-complementary

#BBB840 #4080BB #7B40BB

monochromatic

#605E21 #8D8B30 #BBB840 #CDCA6C #DCDB99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BBB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB840

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB840	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.139 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7b',
    500: '#bbb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb840;
$custom-light: #d3cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76285,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB840

secondary

#8F90C8

accent

#53D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB840

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

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