#BBB73C#BBB73C

#BBB73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.141 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB73C
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -13.34, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 61.59, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0424 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.141 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2440, 44.7593, 10.8989)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB73C #3C40BB

analogous

#BB773C #BBB73C #7FBB3C

triadic

#BBB73C #3CBBB7 #B73CBB

tetradic

#BBB73C #3CBB77 #3C40BB #BB3C7F

square

#BBB73C #3CBB77 #3C40BB #BB3C7F

split-complementary

#BBB73C #3C7FBB #773CBB

monochromatic

#5E5C1E #8D8A2D #BBB73C #CECB66 #DDDB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBB73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB73C

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB73C	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)

#C6B02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.141 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc79',
    500: '#bbb73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb73c;
$custom-light: #d3cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76035,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB73C

secondary

#8B8DC8

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB73C

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

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