#BBB447#BBB447

#BBB447 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.130 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB447
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 71)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -11.13, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 55.93, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.035 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.13 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9534, 43.6635, 12.3887)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB447 #474EBB

analogous

#BB7A47 #BBB447 #88BB47

triadic

#BBB447 #47BBB4 #B447BB

tetradic

#BBB447 #47BB7A #474EBB #BB4788

square

#BBB447 #47BB7A #474EBB #BB4788

split-complementary

#BBB447 #4788BB #7A47BB

monochromatic

#635F25 #908A35 #BBB447 #CCC674 #DCD8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#BBB447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB447

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB447	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.130 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca7f',
    500: '#bbb447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb447;
$custom-light: #d2ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75481,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB447

secondary

#9598C9

accent

#5AD652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB447

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

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