#BBB93E#BBB93E

#BBB93E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.142 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB93E
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -14.25, 59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 61.58, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0448 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.142 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7133, 45.6117, 11.3212)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB93E #3E40BB

analogous

#BB7B3E #BBB93E #7FBB3E

triadic

#BBB93E #3EBBB9 #B93EBB

tetradic

#BBB93E #3EBB7B #3E40BB #BB3E7F

square

#BBB93E #3EBB7B #3E40BB #BB3E7F

split-complementary

#BBB93E #3E7FBB #7B3EBB

monochromatic

#5F5E20 #8D8C2F #BBB93E #CDCC69 #DCDB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB93E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#BBB93E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB93E

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB93E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB93E	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#C8B22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8ADA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb93e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.142 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cd7a',
    500: '#bbb93e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb93e;
$custom-light: #d3cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb93e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.04,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76486,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB93E

secondary

#8D8EC8

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB93E

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

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