#BBB841#BBB841

#BBB841 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 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB841
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -13.57, 58.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 60.00, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0425 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.139 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5895, 45.2286, 11.6972)
Luminance	0.4523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB841 #4144BB

analogous

#BB7B41 #BBB841 #81BB41

triadic

#BBB841 #41BBB8 #B841BB

tetradic

#BBB841 #41BB7B #4144BB #BB4181

square

#BBB841 #41BB7B #4144BB #BB4181

split-complementary

#BBB841 #4181BB #7B41BB

monochromatic

#605F21 #8E8B31 #BBB841 #CCCA6D #DCDA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BBB841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB841

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB841	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.139 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7c',
    500: '#bbb841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb841;
$custom-light: #d2cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76293,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB841

secondary

#9091C8

accent

#53D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB841

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

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