#BBBA49#BBBA49

#BBBA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.134 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBA49
RGB	rgb(187, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -14.08, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 57.48, 104.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0431 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.134 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2562, 46.1648, 13.1448)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBA49 #494ABB

analogous

#BB8149 #BBBA49 #83BB49

triadic

#BBBA49 #49BBBA #BA49BB

tetradic

#BBBA49 #49BB81 #494ABB #BB4983

square

#BBBA49 #49BB81 #494ABB #BB4983

split-complementary

#BBBA49 #4983BB #8149BB

monochromatic

#646425 #919036 #BBBA49 #CCCB76 #DCDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#BBBA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#BBBA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBA49

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBA49	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)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB750

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7AFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.134 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2ce81',
    500: '#bbba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbba49;
$custom-light: #d2ce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76801,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBA49

secondary

#9797C9

accent

#54D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBA49

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

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