#BBB24D#BBB24D

#BBB24D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.123 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB24D
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -9.68, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 52.51, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0302 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.123 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7547, 42.9427, 13.3198)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB24D #4D56BB

analogous

#BB7B4D #BBB24D #8DBB4D

triadic

#BBB24D #4DBBB2 #B24DBB

tetradic

#BBB24D #4DBB7B #4D56BB #BB4D8D

square

#BBB24D #4DBB7B #4D56BB #BB4D8D

split-complementary

#BBB24D #4D8DBB #7B4DBB

monochromatic

#666127 #938B38 #BBB24D #CCC579 #DDD8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BBB24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB24D

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB24D	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)

#C0AC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.123 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c883',
    500: '#bbb24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb24d;
$custom-light: #d2c883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 44.715,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75111,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB24D

secondary

#9A9ECA

accent

#5ED453

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB24D

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

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