#BBB148#BBB148

#BBB148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.126 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB148
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -9.51, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 54.35, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.85% -0.0302 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(74.85% 0.126 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3867, 42.4783, 12.3594)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB148 #4852BB

analogous

#BB7748 #BBB148 #8BBB48

triadic

#BBB148 #48BBB1 #B148BB

tetradic

#BBB148 #48BB77 #4852BB #BB488B

square

#BBB148 #48BB77 #4852BB #BB488B

split-complementary

#BBB148 #488BBB #7748BB

monochromatic

#645E25 #908836 #BBB148 #CCC475 #DCD7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BBB148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB148

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB148	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.126 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87f',
    500: '#bbb148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb148;
$custom-light: #d2c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74845,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB148

secondary

#969AC9

accent

#5ED552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB148

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

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