#BBB842#BBB842

#BBB842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB842
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.05, -13.50, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.05, 59.59, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% -0.0422 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.138 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.6187, 45.2403, 11.8512)
Luminance	0.4524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB842 #4245BB

analogous

#BB7B42 #BBB842 #82BB42

triadic

#BBB842 #42BBB8 #B842BB

tetradic

#BBB842 #42BB7B #4245BB #BB4282

square

#BBB842 #42BB7B #4245BB #BB4282

split-complementary

#BBB842 #4282BB #7B42BB

monochromatic

#615F22 #8E8B32 #BBB842 #CCCA6E #DCDA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#BBB842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB842

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB842	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)

#C7B132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7c',
    500: '#bbb842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb842;
$custom-light: #d2cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76302,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB842

secondary

#9192C8

accent

#54D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB842

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

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