#BBB448#BBB448

#BBB448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.129 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB448
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -11.06, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 55.50, 101.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0347 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.129 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9858, 43.6765, 12.5591)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB448 #484FBB

analogous

#BB7A48 #BBB448 #88BB48

triadic

#BBB448 #48BBB4 #B448BB

tetradic

#BBB448 #48BB7A #484FBB #BB4888

square

#BBB448 #48BB7A #484FBB #BB4888

split-complementary

#BBB448 #4888BB #7A48BB

monochromatic

#646025 #908B36 #BBB448 #CCC675 #DCD9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBB448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB448

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB448	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.129 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca80',
    500: '#bbb448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb448;
$custom-light: #d2ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.348,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB448

secondary

#9699C9

accent

#5AD552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB448

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

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