#BBB73D#BBB73D

#BBB73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.140 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB73D
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -13.29, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 61.20, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0421 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.14 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.2707, 44.7699, 11.0395)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB73D #3D41BB

analogous

#BB783D #BBB73D #80BB3D

triadic

#BBB73D #3DBBB7 #B73DBB

tetradic

#BBB73D #3DBB78 #3D41BB #BB3D80

square

#BBB73D #3DBB78 #3D41BB #BB3D80

split-complementary

#BBB73D #3D80BB #783DBB

monochromatic

#5F5D1F #8D8A2E #BBB73D #CECA68 #DDDA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#BBB73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB73D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB73D	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)

#C6B02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.140 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc79',
    500: '#bbb73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb73d;
$custom-light: #d3cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.095,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.1404,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB73D

secondary

#8C8EC8

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB73D

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

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