#BBB14A#BBB14A

#BBB14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.124 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB14A
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 60.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -9.37, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 53.46, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0296 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.124 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4530, 42.5048, 12.7086)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB14A #4A54BB

analogous

#BB784A #BBB14A #8CBB4A

triadic

#BBB14A #4ABBB1 #B14ABB

tetradic

#BBB14A #4ABB78 #4A54BB #BB4A8C

square

#BBB14A #4ABB78 #4A54BB #BB4A8C

split-complementary

#BBB14A #4A8CBB #784ABB

monochromatic

#655F26 #918937 #BBB14A #CCC476 #DCD7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BBB14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB14A

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB14A	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)

#C0AB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.124 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c881',
    500: '#bbb14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb14a;
$custom-light: #d2c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.69,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74865,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB14A

secondary

#979CC9

accent

#5ED553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB14A

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

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