#BBB947#BBB947

#BBB947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.135 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB947
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -13.70, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 57.92, 103.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% -0.0422 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.135 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.9811, 45.7188, 12.7312)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB947 #4749BB

analogous

#BB7F47 #BBB947 #83BB47

triadic

#BBB947 #47BBB9 #B947BB

tetradic

#BBB947 #47BB7F #4749BB #BB4783

square

#BBB947 #47BB7F #4749BB #BB4783

split-complementary

#BBB947 #4783BB #7F47BB

monochromatic

#636225 #908E35 #BBB947 #CCCA74 #DCDBA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#BBB947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB947

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB947	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.135 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd7f',
    500: '#bbb947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb947;
$custom-light: #d2cd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76564,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB947

secondary

#9596C9

accent

#54D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB947

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

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