#BBB249#BBB249

#BBB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.126 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB249
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -9.96, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 54.29, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% -0.0314 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.126 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.6178, 42.8880, 12.5987)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB249 #4952BB

analogous

#BB7949 #BBB249 #8BBB49

triadic

#BBB249 #49BBB2 #B249BB

tetradic

#BBB249 #49BB79 #4952BB #BB498B

square

#BBB249 #49BB79 #4952BB #BB498B

split-complementary

#BBB249 #498BBB #7949BB

monochromatic

#645F25 #918A36 #BBB249 #CCC576 #DCD8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#BBB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB249

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB249	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.126 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c880',
    500: '#bbb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb249;
$custom-light: #d2c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB249

secondary

#979BC9

accent

#5DD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB249

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

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