#BBB939#BBB939

#BBB939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.145 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB939
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -14.52, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 63.48, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.046 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.145 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.5824, 45.5593, 10.6316)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB939 #393BBB

analogous

#BB7839 #BBB939 #7CBB39

triadic

#BBB939 #39BBB9 #B939BB

tetradic

#BBB939 #39BB78 #393BBB #BB397C

square

#BBB939 #39BB78 #393BBB #BB397C

split-complementary

#BBB939 #397CBB #7839BB

monochromatic

#5D5C1C #8C8B2B #BBB939 #CFCD62 #DDDC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#BBB939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB939

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB939	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)

#C8B124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.145 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd77',
    500: '#bbb939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb939;
$custom-light: #d3cd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76448,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB939

secondary

#8788C8

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB939

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

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