#BBB24F#BBB24F

#BBB24F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.121 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB24F
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.54, -9.53, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.54, 51.60, 100.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.0295 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.121 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8264, 42.9714, 13.6974)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB24F #4F58BB

analogous

#BB7C4F #BBB24F #8EBB4F

triadic

#BBB24F #4FBBB2 #B24FBB

tetradic

#BBB24F #4FBB7C #4F58BB #BB4F8E

square

#BBB24F #4FBB7C #4F58BB #BB4F8E

split-complementary

#BBB24F #4F8EBB #7C4FBB

monochromatic

#686228 #948C39 #BBB24F #CCC57B #DDD9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#BBB24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB24F

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB24F	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)

#C0AC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.121 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c884',
    500: '#bbb24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb24f;
$custom-light: #d2c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.12104,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB24F

secondary

#9B9FCA

accent

#5ED454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB24F

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

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