#BBB049#BBB049

#BBB049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.124 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB049
RGB	rgb(187, 176, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -8.92, 52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 53.52, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0285 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.124 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2228, 42.0979, 12.4670)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB049 #4954BB

analogous

#BB7749 #BBB049 #8DBB49

triadic

#BBB049 #49BBB0 #B049BB

tetradic

#BBB049 #49BB77 #4954BB #BB498D

square

#BBB049 #49BB77 #4954BB #BB498D

split-complementary

#BBB049 #498DBB #7749BB

monochromatic

#645E25 #918836 #BBB049 #CCC376 #DCD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#BBB049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#BBB049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB049

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB049	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)

#BFAB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 176, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.124 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c780',
    500: '#bbb049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb049;
$custom-light: #d2c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7464,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB049

secondary

#979CC9

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB049

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

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