#BBB146#BBB146

#BBB146 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.128 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB146
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -9.64, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 55.22, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0309 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.128 104)
XYZ	xyz(37.3225, 42.4526, 12.0214)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB146 #4650BB

analogous

#BB7646 #BBB146 #8ABB46

triadic

#BBB146 #46BBB1 #B146BB

tetradic

#BBB146 #46BB76 #4650BB #BB468A

square

#BBB146 #46BB76 #4650BB #BB468A

split-complementary

#BBB146 #468ABB #7646BB

monochromatic

#625D24 #8F8735 #BBB146 #CBC473 #DCD7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB146 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BBB146 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB146

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB146	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB146	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)

#C0AB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb146;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.128 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87e',
    500: '#bbb146',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb146;
$custom-light: #d2c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb146",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.872,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74825,
    "c": 0.12775,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.42451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB146

secondary

#9499C8

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB146

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

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