#BBB933#BBB933

#BBB933 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	#BBB933
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -14.81, 63.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 65.62, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.41% -0.0474 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(76.41% 0.149 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4415, 45.5030, 9.8893)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB933 #3335BB

analogous

#BB7533 #BBB933 #79BB33

triadic

#BBB933 #33BBB9 #B933BB

tetradic

#BBB933 #33BB75 #3335BB #BB3379

square

#BBB933 #33BB75 #3335BB #BB3379

split-complementary

#BBB933 #3379BB #7533BB

monochromatic

#5B5A19 #8B8926 #BBB933 #D2D059 #DFDE89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BBB933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB933

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB933	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)

#C8B119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.149 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd74',
    500: '#bbb933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb933;
$custom-light: #d3cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.118,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76407,
    "c": 0.1488,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB933

secondary

#8182C9

accent

#4AE047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB933

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

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