#BBB72E#BBB72E

#BBB72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.150 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB72E
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -14.01, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 66.57, 102.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0457 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.15 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.9216, 44.6303, 9.2012)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB72E #2E32BB

analogous

#BB702E #BBB72E #78BB2E

triadic

#BBB72E #2EBBB7 #B72EBB

tetradic

#BBB72E #2EBB70 #2E32BB #BB2E78

square

#BBB72E #2EBB70 #2E32BB #BB2E78

split-complementary

#BBB72E #2E78BB #702EBB

monochromatic

#595716 #8A8722 #BBB72E #D4D152 #E0DE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BBB72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB72E

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB72E	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B00D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.150 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc72',
    500: '#bbb72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb72e;
$custom-light: #d3cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7594,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB72E

secondary

#7B7DCA

accent

#49E444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB72E

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

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