#BBB83D#BBB83D

#BBB83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.141 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB83D
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 67.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -13.80, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 61.58, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0436 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.141 108)
XYZ	xyz(38.4777, 45.1839, 11.1085)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB83D #3D40BB

analogous

#BB793D #BBB83D #7FBB3D

triadic

#BBB83D #3DBBB8 #B83DBB

tetradic

#BBB83D #3DBB79 #3D40BB #BB3D7F

square

#BBB83D #3DBB79 #3D40BB #BB3D7F

split-complementary

#BBB83D #3D7FBB #793DBB

monochromatic

#5F5D1F #8D8B2E #BBB83D #CECB68 #DDDB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BBB83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB83D

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB83D	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.141 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7a',
    500: '#bbb83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb83d;
$custom-light: #d3cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 50.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76261,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB83D

secondary

#8C8DC8

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB83D

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

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