#BBB14B#BBB14B

#BBB14B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.124 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB14B
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 75)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 59.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -9.30, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 53.02, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0293 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.124 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4870, 42.5184, 12.8875)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB14B #4B55BB

analogous

#BB794B #BBB14B #8DBB4B

triadic

#BBB14B #4BBBB1 #B14BBB

tetradic

#BBB14B #4BBB79 #4B55BB #BB4B8D

square

#BBB14B #4BBB79 #4B55BB #BB4B8D

split-complementary

#BBB14B #4B8DBB #794BBB

monochromatic

#656026 #928A37 #BBB14B #CCC477 #DDD7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#BBB14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB14B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB14B	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)

#BFAB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.124 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c881',
    500: '#bbb14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb14b;
$custom-light: #d2c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74875,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB14B

secondary

#989DCA

accent

#5FD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB14B

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

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