#BBB943#BBB943

#BBB943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.138 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB943
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 64.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -13.95, 57.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 59.58, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.0434 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.138 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8569, 45.6691, 12.0773)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB943 #4345BB

analogous

#BB7D43 #BBB943 #81BB43

triadic

#BBB943 #43BBB9 #B943BB

tetradic

#BBB943 #43BB7D #4345BB #BB4381

square

#BBB943 #43BB7D #4345BB #BB4381

split-complementary

#BBB943 #4381BB #7D43BB

monochromatic

#616023 #8E8C33 #BBB943 #CCCA70 #DCDB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#BBB943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB943

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB943	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)

#C8B234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.138 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7d',
    500: '#bbb943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb943;
$custom-light: #d2cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 47.244,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76528,
    "c": 0.13804,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB943

secondary

#9293C8

accent

#53D751

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB943

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

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