#BBBA45#BBBA45

#BBBA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA45
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 69)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -14.34, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 59.16, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0443 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.138 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1279, 46.1134, 12.4687)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA45 #4546BB

analogous

#BB7F45 #BBBA45 #81BB45

triadic

#BBBA45 #45BBBA #BA45BB

tetradic

#BBBA45 #45BB7F #4546BB #BB4581

square

#BBBA45 #45BB7F #4546BB #BB4581

split-complementary

#BBBA45 #4581BB #7F45BB

monochromatic

#626124 #8F8E34 #BBBA45 #CBCB72 #DCDB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#BBBA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA45

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA45	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce7e',
    500: '#bbba45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba45;
$custom-light: #d2ce7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.492,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76763,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA45

secondary

#9494C8

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA45

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

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