#BBB24C#BBB24C

#BBB24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.124 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB24C
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 59.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -9.75, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 52.96, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.0305 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.124 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7197, 42.9287, 13.1352)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB24C #4C55BB

analogous

#BB7B4C #BBB24C #8DBB4C

triadic

#BBB24C #4CBBB2 #B24CBB

tetradic

#BBB24C #4CBB7B #4C55BB #BB4C8D

square

#BBB24C #4CBB7B #4C55BB #BB4C8D

split-complementary

#BBB24C #4C8DBB #7B4CBB

monochromatic

#666127 #928B38 #BBB24C #CCC578 #DDD8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BBB24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB24C

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB24C	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.124 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c882',
    500: '#bbb24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb24c;
$custom-light: #d2c882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75101,
    "c": 0.12369,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB24C

secondary

#999DCA

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB24C

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

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