#BBB244#BBB244

#BBB244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.130 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB244
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 63.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -10.29, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 56.45, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.0329 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4587, 42.8243, 11.7605)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB244 #444DBB

analogous

#BB7644 #BBB244 #89BB44

triadic

#BBB244 #44BBB2 #B244BB

tetradic

#BBB244 #44BB76 #444DBB #BB4489

square

#BBB244 #44BB76 #444DBB #BB4489

split-complementary

#BBB244 #4489BB #7644BB

monochromatic

#615D23 #8E8734 #BBB244 #CBC471 #DCD79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#BBB244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB244

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB244	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87d',
    500: '#bbb244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb244;
$custom-light: #d2c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75021,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB244

secondary

#9397C8

accent

#5CD651

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB244

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

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