#BBB833#BBB833

#BBB833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.148 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB833
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -14.30, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 65.26, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.046 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.148 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2330, 45.0860, 9.8198)
Luminance	0.4508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB833 #3336BB

analogous

#BB7433 #BBB833 #7ABB33

triadic

#BBB833 #33BBB8 #B833BB

tetradic

#BBB833 #33BB74 #3336BB #BB337A

square

#BBB833 #33BB74 #3336BB #BB337A

split-complementary

#BBB833 #337ABB #7433BB

monochromatic

#5B5919 #8B8926 #BBB833 #D2CF59 #DFDD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#BBB833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#BBB833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB833

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB833	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B119

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.148 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd74',
    500: '#bbb833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb833;
$custom-light: #d3cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.14782,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB833

secondary

#8182C9

accent

#4BE047

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8ED

border

#D3D1C8

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB833

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

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