#BBB853#BBB853

#BBB853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.124 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB853
RGB	rgb(187, 184, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.6%, 55.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.20, -12.32, 50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.20, 52.22, 103.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.037 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.124 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1965, 45.4714, 14.8941)
Luminance	0.4547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB853 #5356BB

analogous

#BB8453 #BBB853 #8ABB53

triadic

#BBB853 #53BBB8 #B853BB

tetradic

#BBB853 #53BB84 #5356BB #BB538A

square

#BBB853 #53BB84 #5356BB #BB538A

split-complementary

#BBB853 #538ABB #8453BB

monochromatic

#6A682A #96933B #BBB853 #CCCA7F #DEDCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#BBB853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB853

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB853	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7ADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 184, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.124 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd87',
    500: '#bbb853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb853;
$custom-light: #d2cd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76471,
    "c": 0.12361,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB853

secondary

#9EA0CB

accent

#58D355

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB853

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

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