#BBB23F#BBB23F

#BBB23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.134 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB23F
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.40, -10.60, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.40, 58.53, 100.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0343 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.134 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3125, 42.7658, 10.9908)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB23F #3F48BB

analogous

#BB743F #BBB23F #86BB3F

triadic

#BBB23F #3FBBB2 #B23FBB

tetradic

#BBB23F #3FBB74 #3F48BB #BB3F86

square

#BBB23F #3FBB74 #3F48BB #BB3F86

split-complementary

#BBB23F #3F86BB #743FBB

monochromatic

#5F5B20 #8D8630 #BBB23F #CDC66A #DCD798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#BBB23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB23F

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB23F	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)

#C1AC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.134 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c87a',
    500: '#bbb23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb23f;
$custom-light: #d3c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74977,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB23F

secondary

#8E92C8

accent

#59D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB23F

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

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