#BBB949#BBB949

#BBB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.133 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB949
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -13.56, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 57.07, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.0416 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.133 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0463, 45.7449, 13.0749)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB949 #494BBB

analogous

#BB8049 #BBB949 #84BB49

triadic

#BBB949 #49BBB9 #B949BB

tetradic

#BBB949 #49BB80 #494BBB #BB4984

square

#BBB949 #49BB80 #494BBB #BB4984

split-complementary

#BBB949 #4984BB #8049BB

monochromatic

#646325 #918F36 #BBB949 #CCCA76 #DCDBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#BBB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB949

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB949	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.133 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd81',
    500: '#bbb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb949;
$custom-light: #d2cd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76583,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB949

secondary

#9798C9

accent

#55D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB949

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

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