#BBB73E#BBB73E

#BBB73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.140 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB73E
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -13.23, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 60.81, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.0419 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.14 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2979, 44.7808, 11.1827)
Luminance	0.4478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB73E #3E42BB

analogous

#BB793E #BBB73E #81BB3E

triadic

#BBB73E #3EBBB7 #B73EBB

tetradic

#BBB73E #3EBB79 #3E42BB #BB3E81

square

#BBB73E #3EBB79 #3E42BB #BB3E81

split-complementary

#BBB73E #3E81BB #793EBB

monochromatic

#5F5D20 #8D8A2F #BBB73E #CDCA69 #DCDA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BBB73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB73E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB73E	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc7a',
    500: '#bbb73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb73e;
$custom-light: #d3cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76051,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB73E

secondary

#8D8FC8

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB73E

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

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