#BBB246#BBB246

#BBB246 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB246
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 70)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.45, -10.16, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.45, 55.60, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.04% -0.0323 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(75.04% 0.129 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5208, 42.8491, 12.0874)
Luminance	0.4285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB246 #464FBB

analogous

#BB7846 #BBB246 #89BB46

triadic

#BBB246 #46BBB2 #B246BB

tetradic

#BBB246 #46BB78 #464FBB #BB4689

square

#BBB246 #46BB78 #464FBB #BB4689

split-complementary

#BBB246 #4689BB #7846BB

monochromatic

#625E24 #8F8835 #BBB246 #CBC573 #DCD7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BBB246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB246

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB246	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#C1AC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87e',
    500: '#bbb246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb246;
$custom-light: #d2c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7504,
    "c": 0.12872,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB246

secondary

#9498C8

accent

#5CD652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF8EE

border

#D3D1C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB246

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

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