#BBB245#BBB245

#BBB245 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 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB245
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, -10.23, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 56.02, 100.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.03% -0.0326 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(75.03% 0.13 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4895, 42.8366, 11.9226)
Luminance	0.4284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB245 #454EBB

analogous

#BB7745 #BBB245 #89BB45

triadic

#BBB245 #45BBB2 #B245BB

tetradic

#BBB245 #45BB77 #454EBB #BB4589

square

#BBB245 #45BB77 #454EBB #BB4589

split-complementary

#BBB245 #4589BB #7745BB

monochromatic

#625D24 #8F8834 #BBB245 #CBC572 #DCD79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#BBB245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BBB245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB245

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB245	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87e',
    500: '#bbb245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb245;
$custom-light: #d2c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75031,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB245

secondary

#9498C8

accent

#5CD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB245

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

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