#BBB449#BBB449

#BBB449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.128 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB449
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -11.00, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 55.07, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0344 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.128 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0187, 43.6896, 12.7323)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB449 #4950BB

analogous

#BB7B49 #BBB449 #89BB49

triadic

#BBB449 #49BBB4 #B449BB

tetradic

#BBB449 #49BB7B #4950BB #BB4989

square

#BBB449 #49BB7B #4950BB #BB4989

split-complementary

#BBB449 #4989BB #7B49BB

monochromatic

#646025 #918B36 #BBB449 #CCC676 #DCD9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#BBB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#BBB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB449

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB449	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)

#C2AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.128 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca80',
    500: '#bbb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb449;
$custom-light: #d2ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75501,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB449

secondary

#979AC9

accent

#5BD553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB449

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

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