#BBBB45#BBBB45

#BBBB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.139 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB45
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 69)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -14.85, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 59.56, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0457 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.139 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.3393, 46.5362, 12.5392)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB45 #4545BB

analogous

#BB8045 #BBBB45 #80BB45

triadic

#BBBB45 #45BBBB #BB45BB

tetradic

#BBBB45 #45BB80 #4545BB #BB4580

square

#BBBB45 #45BB80 #4545BB #BB4580

split-complementary

#BBBB45 #4580BB #8045BB

monochromatic

#626224 #8F8F34 #BBBB45 #CBCB72 #DCDC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBBB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB45

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB45	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf7e',
    500: '#bbbb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb45;
$custom-light: #d2cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.457,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76981,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB45

secondary

#9494C8

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB45

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

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