#BBB72C#BBB72C

#BBB72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.151 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB72C
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 76.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -14.09, 65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 67.20, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.046 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.151 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8831, 44.6149, 8.9984)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB72C #2C30BB

analogous

#BB702C #BBB72C #77BB2C

triadic

#BBB72C #2CBBB7 #B72CBB

tetradic

#BBB72C #2CBB70 #2C30BB #BB2C77

square

#BBB72C #2CBB70 #2C30BB #BB2C77

split-complementary

#BBB72C #2C77BB #702CBB

monochromatic

#585615 #898720 #BBB72C #D6D24F #E1DE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#BBB72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB72C

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB72C	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.151 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc71',
    500: '#bbb72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb72c;
$custom-light: #d3cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.322,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75929,
    "c": 0.15073,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB72C

secondary

#797BCA

accent

#47E543

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB72C

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

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