#BBB822#BBB822

#BBB822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.156 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB822
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.87, -14.95, 68.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.87, 70.39, 102.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0492 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.156 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9243, 44.9626, 8.1940)
Luminance	0.4496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB822 #2225BB

analogous

#BB6C22 #BBB822 #71BB22

triadic

#BBB822 #22BBB8 #B822BB

tetradic

#BBB822 #22BB6C #2225BB #BB2271

square

#BBB822 #22BB6C #2225BB #BB2271

split-complementary

#BBB822 #2271BB #6C22BB

monochromatic

#53520F #878519 #BBB822 #DCD93E #E5E372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#BBB822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB822

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB822	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)

#C8B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.156 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd6d',
    500: '#bbb822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb822;
$custom-light: #d4cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76098,
    "c": 0.15624,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB822

secondary

#6D6ECC

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB822

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

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