#BBB83B#BBB83B

#BBB83B 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	#BBB83B
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -13.91, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 62.35, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0441 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.143 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.4248, 45.1628, 10.8300)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB83B #3B3EBB

analogous

#BB783B #BBB83B #7EBB3B

triadic

#BBB83B #3BBBB8 #B83BBB

tetradic

#BBB83B #3BBB78 #3B3EBB #BB3B7E

square

#BBB83B #3BBB78 #3B3EBB #BB3B7E

split-complementary

#BBB83B #3B7EBB #783BBB

monochromatic

#5E5C1E #8C8A2C #BBB83B #CECC65 #DDDB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BBB83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB83B

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB83B	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)

#C7B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.143 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd78',
    500: '#bbb83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb83b;
$custom-light: #d3cd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76245,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB83B

secondary

#8A8BC8

accent

#50DB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB83B

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

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