#BBB048#BBB048

#BBB048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.125 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB048
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -8.99, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 53.97, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.63% -0.0288 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(74.63% 0.125 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1899, 42.0847, 12.2938)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB048 #4853BB

analogous

#BB7648 #BBB048 #8CBB48

triadic

#BBB048 #48BBB0 #B048BB

tetradic

#BBB048 #48BB76 #4853BB #BB488C

square

#BBB048 #48BB76 #4853BB #BB488C

split-complementary

#BBB048 #488CBB #7648BB

monochromatic

#645E25 #908836 #BBB048 #CCC375 #DCD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBB048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BBB048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB048

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB048	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.125 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c77f',
    500: '#bbb048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb048;
$custom-light: #d2c77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7463,
    "c": 0.12516,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB048

secondary

#969BC9

accent

#5FD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB048

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

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