#BBB549#BBB549

#BBB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB549
RGB	rgb(187, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -11.51, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 55.46, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0358 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.129 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2213, 44.0948, 12.7998)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB549 #494FBB

analogous

#BB7C49 #BBB549 #88BB49

triadic

#BBB549 #49BBB5 #B549BB

tetradic

#BBB549 #49BB7C #494FBB #BB4988

square

#BBB549 #49BB7C #494FBB #BB4988

split-complementary

#BBB549 #4988BB #7C49BB

monochromatic

#646125 #918C36 #BBB549 #CCC776 #DCD9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#BBB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#BBB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB549

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB549	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)

#C3AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ca80',
    500: '#bbb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb549;
$custom-light: #d2ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75717,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB549

secondary

#9799C9

accent

#59D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB549

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

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