#BBB83C#BBB83C

#BBB83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.142 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB83C
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -13.85, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 61.97, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0438 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.142 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.4510, 45.1732, 10.9679)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB83C #3C3FBB

analogous

#BB783C #BBB83C #7EBB3C

triadic

#BBB83C #3CBBB8 #B83CBB

tetradic

#BBB83C #3CBB78 #3C3FBB #BB3C7E

square

#BBB83C #3CBB78 #3C3FBB #BB3C7E

split-complementary

#BBB83C #3C7EBB #783CBB

monochromatic

#5E5D1E #8D8A2D #BBB83C #CECC66 #DDDB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#BBB83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB83C

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB83C	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)

#C7B129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.142 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd79',
    500: '#bbb83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb83c;
$custom-light: #d3cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76253,
    "c": 0.14209,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB83C

secondary

#8B8CC8

accent

#50DB4D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB83C

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

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