#BBB922#BBB922

#BBB922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.157 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB922
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -15.46, 69.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 70.72, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% -0.0506 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.157 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1328, 45.3795, 8.2635)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB922 #2224BB

analogous

#BB6C22 #BBB922 #70BB22

triadic

#BBB922 #22BBB9 #B922BB

tetradic

#BBB922 #22BB6C #2224BB #BB2270

square

#BBB922 #22BB6C #2224BB #BB2270

split-complementary

#BBB922 #2270BB #6C22BB

monochromatic

#53530F #878619 #BBB922 #DCDA3E #E5E472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#BBB922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB922

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB922	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.157 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cd6d',
    500: '#bbb922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb922;
$custom-light: #d4cd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.15717,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB922

secondary

#6D6ECC

accent

#3EEC3C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB922

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

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