#BBB950#BBB950

#BBB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.127 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB950
RGB	rgb(187, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.1%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -13.06, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 54.00, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.66% -0.0395 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(76.66% 0.127 108)
XYZ	xyz(39.2916, 45.8430, 14.3667)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB950 #5052BB

analogous

#BB8450 #BBB950 #87BB50

triadic

#BBB950 #50BBB9 #B950BB

tetradic

#BBB950 #50BB84 #5052BB #BB5087

square

#BBB950 #50BB84 #5052BB #BB5087

split-complementary

#BBB950 #5087BB #8450BB

monochromatic

#686728 #94933A #BBB950 #CCCB7C #DDDCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#BBB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#BBB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB950

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB950	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.127 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cd85',
    500: '#bbb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb950;
$custom-light: #d2cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76655,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.45842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB950

secondary

#9C9DCB

accent

#56D454

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB950

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

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