#BBB83A#BBB83A

#BBB83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.143 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB83A
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 69%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -13.96, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 62.73, 102.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0444 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.143 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.3991, 45.1525, 10.6947)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB83A #3A3DBB

analogous

#BB783A #BBB83A #7DBB3A

triadic

#BBB83A #3ABBB8 #B83ABB

tetradic

#BBB83A #3ABB78 #3A3DBB #BB3A7D

square

#BBB83A #3ABB78 #3A3DBB #BB3A7D

split-complementary

#BBB83A #3A7DBB #783ABB

monochromatic

#5E5C1D #8C8A2C #BBB83A #CFCC63 #DDDB92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BBB83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB83A

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB83A	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.143 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd78',
    500: '#bbb83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb83a;
$custom-light: #d3cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76237,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB83A

secondary

#888AC8

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB83A

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

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