#BBB045#BBB045

#BBB045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.128 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB045
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -9.19, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 55.27, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.6% -0.0297 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(74.6% 0.128 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0944, 42.0465, 11.7909)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB045 #4550BB

analogous

#BB7545 #BBB045 #8BBB45

triadic

#BBB045 #45BBB0 #B045BB

tetradic

#BBB045 #45BB75 #4550BB #BB458B

square

#BBB045 #45BB75 #4550BB #BB458B

split-complementary

#BBB045 #458BBB #7545BB

monochromatic

#625C24 #8F8634 #BBB045 #CBC372 #DCD69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBB045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BBB045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB045

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB045	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.128 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77d',
    500: '#bbb045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb045;
$custom-light: #d2c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74601,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB045

secondary

#9498C8

accent

#5ED652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB045

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

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