#BBB147#BBB147

#BBB147 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.127 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB147
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 71)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -9.58, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 54.78, 100.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% -0.0306 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.127 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3543, 42.4654, 12.1890)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB147 #4751BB

analogous

#BB7747 #BBB147 #8BBB47

triadic

#BBB147 #47BBB1 #B147BB

tetradic

#BBB147 #47BB77 #4751BB #BB478B

square

#BBB147 #47BB77 #4751BB #BB478B

split-complementary

#BBB147 #478BBB #7747BB

monochromatic

#635E25 #908835 #BBB147 #CCC474 #DCD7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB147 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#BBB147 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB147

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB147	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB147	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)

#C0AB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb147;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.127 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87f',
    500: '#bbb147',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb147;
$custom-light: #d2c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb147",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.12694,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB147

secondary

#959AC9

accent

#5DD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB147

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

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