#BBB12E#BBB12E

#BBB12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.144 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB12E
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -10.93, 63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 64.49, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.037 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.144 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7104, 42.2078, 8.7974)
Luminance	0.4221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB12E #2E38BB

analogous

#BB6B2E #BBB12E #7EBB2E

triadic

#BBB12E #2EBBB1 #B12EBB

tetradic

#BBB12E #2EBB6B #2E38BB #BB2E7E

square

#BBB12E #2EBB6B #2E38BB #BB2E7E

split-complementary

#BBB12E #2E7EBB #6B2EBB

monochromatic

#595416 #8A8322 #BBB12E #D4CB52 #E0DA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#BBB12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#BBB12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB12E

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB12E	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.144 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c871',
    500: '#bbb12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb12e;
$custom-light: #d3c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.745,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74638,
    "c": 0.14416,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB12E

secondary

#7B81CA

accent

#4FE444

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF8ED

border

#D4D1C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB12E

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

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