#BBB250#BBB250

#BBB250 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.120 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB250
RGB	rgb(187, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.55, -9.45, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.55, 51.14, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0292 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.12 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8631, 42.9861, 13.8905)
Luminance	0.4299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB250 #5059BB

analogous

#BB7C50 #BBB250 #8FBB50

triadic

#BBB250 #50BBB2 #B250BB

tetradic

#BBB250 #50BB7C #5059BB #BB508F

square

#BBB250 #50BB7C #5059BB #BB508F

split-complementary

#BBB250 #508FBB #7C50BB

monochromatic

#686328 #948D3A #BBB250 #CCC57C #DDD9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#BBB250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#BBB250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB250

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB250	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.120 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c884',
    500: '#bbb250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb250;
$custom-light: #d2c884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75144,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB250

secondary

#9CA0CB

accent

#5FD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB250

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

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