#BBB452#BBB452

#BBB452 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.120 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB452
RGB	rgb(187, 180, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -10.33, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 51.02, 101.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0315 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.12 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3390, 43.8177, 14.4191)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB452 #5259BB

analogous

#BB7F52 #BBB452 #8DBB52

triadic

#BBB452 #52BBB4 #B452BB

tetradic

#BBB452 #52BB7F #5259BB #BB528D

square

#BBB452 #52BB7F #5259BB #BB528D

split-complementary

#BBB452 #528DBB #7F52BB

monochromatic

#696529 #958F3B #BBB452 #CCC77E #DEDAAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#BBB452 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#BBB452 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB452

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB452	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB452	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)

#C2AE48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7A99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb452;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 180, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.120 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca86',
    500: '#bbb452',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb452;
$custom-light: #d2ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb452",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75597,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB452

secondary

#9EA1CB

accent

#5DD354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8F0

border

#D3D1CB

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB452

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

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