#BBB23C#BBB23C

#BBB23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB23C
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -10.77, 58.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 59.73, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0352 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(37.2310, 42.7332, 10.5613)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB23C #3C45BB

analogous

#BB723C #BBB23C #84BB3C

triadic

#BBB23C #3CBBB2 #B23CBB

tetradic

#BBB23C #3CBB72 #3C45BB #BB3C84

square

#BBB23C #3CBB72 #3C45BB #BB3C84

split-complementary

#BBB23C #3C84BB #723CBB

monochromatic

#5E5A1E #8D862D #BBB23C #CEC766 #DDD895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BBB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB23C

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB23C	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c878',
    500: '#bbb23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb23c;
$custom-light: #d3c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.13628,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.42732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB23C

secondary

#8B8FC8

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB23C

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

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