#BBB73B#BBB73B

#BBB73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.142 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB73B
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -13.40, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 61.97, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0427 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.142 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2178, 44.7488, 10.7610)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB73B #3B3FBB

analogous

#BB773B #BBB73B #7FBB3B

triadic

#BBB73B #3BBBB7 #B73BBB

tetradic

#BBB73B #3BBB77 #3B3FBB #BB3B7F

square

#BBB73B #3BBB77 #3B3FBB #BB3B7F

split-complementary

#BBB73B #3B7FBB #773BBB

monochromatic

#5E5C1E #8C892C #BBB73B #CECB65 #DDDB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBB73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB73B

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB73B	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.142 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc78',
    500: '#bbb73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb73b;
$custom-light: #d3cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.125,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76027,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB73B

secondary

#8A8BC8

accent

#51DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB73B

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

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