#BBB93B#BBB93B

#BBB93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.144 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB93B
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 68.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.27, -14.42, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.27, 62.73, 103.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.0455 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.144 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6333, 45.5797, 10.8995)
Luminance	0.4558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB93B #3B3DBB

analogous

#BB793B #BBB93B #7DBB3B

triadic

#BBB93B #3BBBB9 #B93BBB

tetradic

#BBB93B #3BBB79 #3B3DBB #BB3B7D

square

#BBB93B #3BBB79 #3B3DBB #BB3B7D

split-complementary

#BBB93B #3B7DBB #793BBB

monochromatic

#5E5D1E #8C8B2C #BBB93B #CECD65 #DDDC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#BBB93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BBB93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB93B

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB93B	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B227

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.144 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd79',
    500: '#bbb93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb93b;
$custom-light: #d3cd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76463,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB93B

secondary

#8A8BC8

accent

#4FDB4C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB93B

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

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