#BBB83E#BBB83E

#BBB83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.141 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB83E
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -13.74, 59.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 61.19, 102.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% -0.0433 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.141 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5049, 45.1948, 11.2517)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB83E #3E41BB

analogous

#BB7A3E #BBB83E #80BB3E

triadic

#BBB83E #3EBBB8 #B83EBB

tetradic

#BBB83E #3EBB7A #3E41BB #BB3E80

square

#BBB83E #3EBB7A #3E41BB #BB3E80

split-complementary

#BBB83E #3E80BB #7A3EBB

monochromatic

#5F5E20 #8D8B2F #BBB83E #CDCB69 #DCDB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#BBB83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#BBB83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB83E

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB83E	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)

#C7B12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.141 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7a',
    500: '#bbb83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb83e;
$custom-light: #d3cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76269,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB83E

secondary

#8D8EC8

accent

#51DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB83E

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

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