#BBB649#BBB649

#BBB649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB649
RGB	rgb(187, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.7%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -12.03, 54.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 55.86, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0373 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.13 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4253, 44.5030, 12.8679)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB649 #494EBB

analogous

#BB7D49 #BBB649 #87BB49

triadic

#BBB649 #49BBB6 #B649BB

tetradic

#BBB649 #49BB7D #494EBB #BB4987

square

#BBB649 #49BB7D #494EBB #BB4987

split-complementary

#BBB649 #4987BB #7D49BB

monochromatic

#646125 #918D36 #BBB649 #CCC876 #DCDAA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#BBB649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#BBB649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB649

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB649	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cb80',
    500: '#bbb649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb649;
$custom-light: #d2cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75933,
    "c": 0.13024,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB649

secondary

#9799C9

accent

#58D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB649

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

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