#BBB24B#BBB24B

#BBB24B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.125 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB24B
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -9.82, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 53.40, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.09% -0.0308 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(75.09% 0.125 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6852, 42.9149, 12.9536)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB24B #4B54BB

analogous

#BB7A4B #BBB24B #8CBB4B

triadic

#BBB24B #4BBBB2 #B24BBB

tetradic

#BBB24B #4BBB7A #4B54BB #BB4B8C

square

#BBB24B #4BBB7A #4B54BB #BB4B8C

split-complementary

#BBB24B #4B8CBB #7A4BBB

monochromatic

#656026 #928A37 #BBB24B #CCC577 #DDD8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB24B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BBB24B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB24B

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB24B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB24B	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb24b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.125 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c881',
    500: '#bbb24b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb24b;
$custom-light: #d2c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb24b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7509,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB24B

secondary

#989CCA

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB24B

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

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