#BBB73F#BBB73F

#BBB73F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.139 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB73F
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 63)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 66.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.75, -13.17, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.75, 60.41, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0416 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.139 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3256, 44.7919, 11.3285)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB73F #3F43BB

analogous

#BB793F #BBB73F #81BB3F

triadic

#BBB73F #3FBBB7 #B73FBB

tetradic

#BBB73F #3FBB79 #3F43BB #BB3F81

square

#BBB73F #3FBB79 #3F43BB #BB3F81

split-complementary

#BBB73F #3F81BB #793FBB

monochromatic

#5F5D20 #8D8A30 #BBB73F #CDCA6A #DCDA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#BBB73F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#BBB73F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB73F

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB73F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB73F	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)

#C6B02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb73f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.139 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cc7b',
    500: '#bbb73f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb73f;
$custom-light: #d3cc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb73f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76059,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB73F

secondary

#8E90C8

accent

#53D94F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB73F

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

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