#BBBA47#BBBA47

#BBBA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA47
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 71)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -14.21, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 58.32, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0437 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.136 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1910, 46.1387, 12.8012)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA47 #4748BB

analogous

#BB8047 #BBBA47 #82BB47

triadic

#BBBA47 #47BBBA #BA47BB

tetradic

#BBBA47 #47BB80 #4748BB #BB4782

square

#BBBA47 #47BB80 #4748BB #BB4782

split-complementary

#BBBA47 #4782BB #8047BB

monochromatic

#636225 #908F35 #BBBA47 #CCCB74 #DCDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BBBA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA47

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA47	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce7f',
    500: '#bbba47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba47;
$custom-light: #d2ce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76782,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA47

secondary

#9596C9

accent

#53D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA47

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

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