#BBB149#BBB149

#BBB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.125 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB149
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -9.44, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 53.91, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0299 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.125 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4196, 42.4915, 12.5326)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB149 #4953BB

analogous

#BB7849 #BBB149 #8CBB49

triadic

#BBB149 #49BBB1 #B149BB

tetradic

#BBB149 #49BB78 #4953BB #BB498C

square

#BBB149 #49BB78 #4953BB #BB498C

split-complementary

#BBB149 #498CBB #7849BB

monochromatic

#645F25 #918936 #BBB149 #CCC476 #DCD7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BBB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB149

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB149	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)

#C0AB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.125 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c880',
    500: '#bbb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb149;
$custom-light: #d2c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74855,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB149

secondary

#979BC9

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB149

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

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