#BBB935#BBB935

#BBB935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.148 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB935
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -14.72, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 64.93, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.047 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.148 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4865, 45.5210, 10.1266)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB935 #3537BB

analogous

#BB7635 #BBB935 #7ABB35

triadic

#BBB935 #35BBB9 #B935BB

tetradic

#BBB935 #35BB76 #3537BB #BB357A

square

#BBB935 #35BB76 #3537BB #BB357A

split-complementary

#BBB935 #357ABB #7635BB

monochromatic

#5C5B1A #8B8A27 #BBB935 #D1CF5C #DEDD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#BBB935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB935

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB935	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)

#C8B11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AD9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.148 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd75',
    500: '#bbb935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb935;
$custom-light: #d3cd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7642,
    "c": 0.1476,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB935

secondary

#8384C9

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB935

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

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