#BBB74B#BBB74B

#BBB74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.130 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB74B
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 75)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -12.40, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 55.39, 102.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0381 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.13 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6982, 44.9410, 13.2912)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB74B #4B4FBB

analogous

#BB7F4B #BBB74B #87BB4B

triadic

#BBB74B #4BBBB7 #B74BBB

tetradic

#BBB74B #4BBB7F #4B4FBB #BB4B87

square

#BBB74B #4BBB7F #4B4FBB #BB4B87

split-complementary

#BBB74B #4B87BB #7F4BBB

monochromatic

#656326 #928F37 #BBB74B #CCC977 #DDDBA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BBB74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB74B

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB74B	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.130 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cc82',
    500: '#bbb74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb74b;
$custom-light: #d2cc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76169,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB74B

secondary

#989ACA

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB74B

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

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