#BBBB46#BBBB46

#BBBB46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.138 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB46
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 70)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -14.78, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 59.15, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0454 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.138 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3706, 46.5487, 12.7040)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB46 #4646BB

analogous

#BB8046 #BBBB46 #80BB46

triadic

#BBBB46 #46BBBB #BB46BB

tetradic

#BBBB46 #46BB80 #4646BB #BB4680

square

#BBBB46 #46BB80 #4646BB #BB4680

split-complementary

#BBBB46 #4680BB #8046BB

monochromatic

#626224 #8F8F35 #BBBB46 #CBCB73 #DCDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBBB46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB46

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB46	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)

#C9B437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.138 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf7f',
    500: '#bbbb46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb46;
$custom-light: #d2cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.245,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7699,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB46

secondary

#9494C8

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB46

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

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