#BBB548#BBB548

#BBB548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.130 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB548
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -11.58, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 55.89, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0361 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.13 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.1884, 44.0817, 12.6266)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB548 #484EBB

analogous

#BB7B48 #BBB548 #87BB48

triadic

#BBB548 #48BBB5 #B548BB

tetradic

#BBB548 #48BB7B #484EBB #BB4887

square

#BBB548 #48BB7B #484EBB #BB4887

split-complementary

#BBB548 #4887BB #7B48BB

monochromatic

#646025 #908B36 #BBB548 #CCC775 #DCD9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BBB548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB548

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB548	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.130 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca80',
    500: '#bbb548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb548;
$custom-light: #d2ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75707,
    "c": 0.13005,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB548

secondary

#9699C9

accent

#59D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB548

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

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