#BBBA48#BBBA48

#BBBA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.135 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA48
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -14.14, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 57.90, 104.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.79% -0.0434 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(76.79% 0.135 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2233, 46.1516, 12.9716)
Luminance	0.4615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA48 #4849BB

analogous

#BB8048 #BBBA48 #82BB48

triadic

#BBBA48 #48BBBA #BA48BB

tetradic

#BBBA48 #48BB80 #4849BB #BB4882

square

#BBBA48 #48BB80 #4849BB #BB4882

split-complementary

#BBBA48 #4882BB #8048BB

monochromatic

#646325 #908F36 #BBBA48 #CCCB75 #DCDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BBBA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA48

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA48	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)

#C8B33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.135 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce80',
    500: '#bbba48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba48;
$custom-light: #d2ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76791,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA48

secondary

#9696C9

accent

#53D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA48

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

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