#BBB145#BBB145

#BBB145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.129 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB145
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -9.71, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 55.65, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0312 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.129 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.2912, 42.4401, 11.8565)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB145 #454FBB

analogous

#BB7645 #BBB145 #8ABB45

triadic

#BBB145 #45BBB1 #B145BB

tetradic

#BBB145 #45BB76 #454FBB #BB458A

square

#BBB145 #45BB76 #454FBB #BB458A

split-complementary

#BBB145 #458ABB #7645BB

monochromatic

#625D24 #8F8734 #BBB145 #CBC472 #DCD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BBB145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB145

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB145	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.129 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87e',
    500: '#bbb145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb145;
$custom-light: #d2c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74816,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB145

secondary

#9498C8

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB145

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

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