#BBB450#BBB450

#BBB450 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.122 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB450
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 80)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -10.49, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 51.94, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0321 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.122 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2640, 43.7877, 14.0241)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB450 #5057BB

analogous

#BB7F50 #BBB450 #8CBB50

triadic

#BBB450 #50BBB4 #B450BB

tetradic

#BBB450 #50BB7F #5057BB #BB508C

square

#BBB450 #50BB7F #5057BB #BB508C

split-complementary

#BBB450 #508CBB #7F50BB

monochromatic

#686428 #948E3A #BBB450 #CCC77C #DDDAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBB450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB450

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB450	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.122 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca85',
    500: '#bbb450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb450;
$custom-light: #d2ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75574,
    "c": 0.12216,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB450

secondary

#9C9FCB

accent

#5CD454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB450

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

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