#BBB942#BBB942

#BBB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.139 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB942
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -14.02, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 59.99, 103.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0437 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.139 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8272, 45.6572, 11.9206)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB942 #4244BB

analogous

#BB7C42 #BBB942 #81BB42

triadic

#BBB942 #42BBB9 #B942BB

tetradic

#BBB942 #42BB7C #4244BB #BB4281

square

#BBB942 #42BB7C #4244BB #BB4281

split-complementary

#BBB942 #4281BB #7C42BB

monochromatic

#615F22 #8E8C32 #BBB942 #CCCA6E #DCDB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BBB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB942

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB942	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)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.139 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7c',
    500: '#bbb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb942;
$custom-light: #d2cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76519,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB942

secondary

#9192C8

accent

#53D750

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB942

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

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