#BBB932#BBB932

#BBB932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.149 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB932
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 50)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 73.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -14.86, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 65.96, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0477 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4196, 45.4942, 9.7745)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB932 #3234BB

analogous

#BB7532 #BBB932 #79BB32

triadic

#BBB932 #32BBB9 #B932BB

tetradic

#BBB932 #32BB75 #3234BB #BB3279

square

#BBB932 #32BB75 #3234BB #BB3279

split-complementary

#BBB932 #3279BB #7532BB

monochromatic

#5A5918 #8B8925 #BBB932 #D2D158 #DFDE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BBB932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB932

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB932	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)

#C8B116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd74',
    500: '#bbb932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb932;
$custom-light: #d3cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.764,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB932

secondary

#8081C9

accent

#49E147

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB932

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

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