#BBB24E#BBB24E

#BBB24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.122 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB24E
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -9.60, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 52.05, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0298 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.122 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7903, 42.9569, 13.5071)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB24E #4E57BB

analogous

#BB7C4E #BBB24E #8EBB4E

triadic

#BBB24E #4EBBB2 #B24EBB

tetradic

#BBB24E #4EBB7C #4E57BB #BB4E8E

square

#BBB24E #4EBB7C #4E57BB #BB4E8E

split-complementary

#BBB24E #4E8EBB #7C4EBB

monochromatic

#676228 #938C39 #BBB24E #CCC57A #DDD8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BBB24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB24E

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB24E	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)

#C0AC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.122 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c883',
    500: '#bbb24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb24e;
$custom-light: #d2c883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75122,
    "c": 0.12194,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB24E

secondary

#9B9ECA

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB24E

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

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