#BBB72F#BBB72F

#BBB72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.149 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB72F
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 47)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 74.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -13.97, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 66.24, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0454 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.149 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9416, 44.6383, 9.3062)
Luminance	0.4464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB72F #2F33BB

analogous

#BB712F #BBB72F #79BB2F

triadic

#BBB72F #2FBBB7 #B72FBB

tetradic

#BBB72F #2FBB71 #2F33BB #BB2F79

square

#BBB72F #2FBB71 #2F33BB #BB2F79

split-complementary

#BBB72F #2F79BB #712FBB

monochromatic

#595716 #8A8723 #BBB72F #D4D053 #E0DE84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#BBB72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB72F

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB72F	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)

#C7B010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.149 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc72',
    500: '#bbb72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb72f;
$custom-light: #d3cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 59.829,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75946,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB72F

secondary

#7C7FC9

accent

#49E345

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB72F

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

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