#BBB14E#BBB14E

#BBB14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.121 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB14E
RGB	rgb(187, 177, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -9.08, 50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 51.66, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0283 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.121 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5921, 42.5605, 13.4411)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB14E #4E58BB

analogous

#BB7A4E #BBB14E #8FBB4E

triadic

#BBB14E #4EBBB1 #B14EBB

tetradic

#BBB14E #4EBB7A #4E58BB #BB4E8F

square

#BBB14E #4EBB7A #4E58BB #BB4E8F

split-complementary

#BBB14E #4E8FBB #7A4EBB

monochromatic

#676128 #938B39 #BBB14E #CCC47A #DDD8A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#BBB14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#BBB14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB14E

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB14E	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 177, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.121 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c883',
    500: '#bbb14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb14e;
$custom-light: #d2c883;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.495,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74907,
    "c": 0.12095,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB14E

secondary

#9B9FCA

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB14E

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

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