#BBB23D#BBB23D

#BBB23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.136 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB23D
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -10.71, 58.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 59.33, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0349 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.136 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2577, 42.7439, 10.7018)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB23D #3D46BB

analogous

#BB733D #BBB23D #85BB3D

triadic

#BBB23D #3DBBB2 #B23DBB

tetradic

#BBB23D #3DBB73 #3D46BB #BB3D85

square

#BBB23D #3DBB73 #3D46BB #BB3D85

split-complementary

#BBB23D #3D85BB #733DBB

monochromatic

#5F5A1F #8D862E #BBB23D #CEC668 #DDD896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BBB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB23D

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB23D	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)

#C1AC2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.136 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c879',
    500: '#bbb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb23d;
$custom-light: #d3c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7496,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB23D

secondary

#8C90C8

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB23D

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

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