#BBB941#BBB941

#BBB941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.140 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB941
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 65.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -14.08, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 60.39, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.044 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.14 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7979, 45.6455, 11.7667)
Luminance	0.4564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB941 #4143BB

analogous

#BB7C41 #BBB941 #80BB41

triadic

#BBB941 #41BBB9 #B941BB

tetradic

#BBB941 #41BB7C #4143BB #BB4180

square

#BBB941 #41BB7C #4143BB #BB4180

split-complementary

#BBB941 #4180BB #7C41BB

monochromatic

#605F21 #8E8C31 #BBB941 #CCCB6D #DCDB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BBB941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB941

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB941	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.140 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7c',
    500: '#bbb941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb941;
$custom-light: #d3cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76511,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB941

secondary

#9091C8

accent

#52D850

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB941

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

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