#BBB047#BBB047

#BBB047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.126 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB047
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 71)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -9.06, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 54.40, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.62% -0.0291 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(74.62% 0.126 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1576, 42.0718, 12.1234)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB047 #4752BB

analogous

#BB7647 #BBB047 #8CBB47

triadic

#BBB047 #47BBB0 #B047BB

tetradic

#BBB047 #47BB76 #4752BB #BB478C

square

#BBB047 #47BB76 #4752BB #BB478C

split-complementary

#BBB047 #478CBB #7647BB

monochromatic

#635D25 #908735 #BBB047 #CCC374 #DCD6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBB047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#BBB047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB047

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB047	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)

#BFAA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.126 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77f',
    500: '#bbb047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb047;
$custom-light: #d2c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7462,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB047

secondary

#959AC9

accent

#5FD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB047

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

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