#BBB930#BBB930

#BBB930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.150 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB930
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 74.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -14.95, 64.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 66.63, 102.96°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0481 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.151 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3774, 45.4773, 9.5522)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB930 #3032BB

analogous

#BB7330 #BBB930 #77BB30

triadic

#BBB930 #30BBB9 #B930BB

tetradic

#BBB930 #30BB73 #3032BB #BB3077

square

#BBB930 #30BB73 #3032BB #BB3077

split-complementary

#BBB930 #3077BB #7330BB

monochromatic

#5A5917 #8A8923 #BBB930 #D3D255 #E0DF86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BBB930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB930

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB930	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.150 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd73',
    500: '#bbb930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb930;
$custom-light: #d3cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 59.149,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76388,
    "c": 0.1505,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB930

secondary

#7D7FC9

accent

#48E245

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB930

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

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