#BBB248#BBB248

#BBB248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB248
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -10.03, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 54.73, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.06% -0.0317 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(75.06% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.5849, 42.8748, 12.4255)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB248 #4851BB

analogous

#BB7848 #BBB248 #8ABB48

triadic

#BBB248 #48BBB2 #B248BB

tetradic

#BBB248 #48BB78 #4851BB #BB488A

square

#BBB248 #48BB78 #4851BB #BB488A

split-complementary

#BBB248 #488ABB #7848BB

monochromatic

#645F25 #908936 #BBB248 #CCC575 #DCD8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#BBB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB248

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB248	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)

#C1AC3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c87f',
    500: '#bbb248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb248;
$custom-light: #d2c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7506,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB248

secondary

#969AC9

accent

#5DD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB248

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

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