#BBB937#BBB937

#BBB937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.146 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB937
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 70.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -14.62, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 64.21, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% -0.0465 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.146 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5335, 45.5398, 10.3739)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB937 #3739BB

analogous

#BB7737 #BBB937 #7BBB37

triadic

#BBB937 #37BBB9 #B937BB

tetradic

#BBB937 #37BB77 #3739BB #BB377B

square

#BBB937 #37BB77 #3739BB #BB377B

split-complementary

#BBB937 #377BBB #7737BB

monochromatic

#5C5B1B #8C8A29 #BBB937 #D0CE5F #DEDD8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BBB937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB937

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB937	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.146 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd76',
    500: '#bbb937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb937;
$custom-light: #d3cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76434,
    "c": 0.14636,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB937

secondary

#8586C9

accent

#4CDE4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB937

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

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