#BBBB47#BBBB47

#BBBB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.137 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB47
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 71)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -14.72, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 58.73, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.0451 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.137 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4024, 46.5615, 12.8717)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB47 #4747BB

analogous

#BB8147 #BBBB47 #81BB47

triadic

#BBBB47 #47BBBB #BB47BB

tetradic

#BBBB47 #47BB81 #4747BB #BB4781

square

#BBBB47 #47BB81 #4747BB #BB4781

split-complementary

#BBBB47 #4781BB #8147BB

monochromatic

#636325 #909035 #BBBB47 #CCCC74 #DCDCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBBB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB47

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB47	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)

#C9B439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.137 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf80',
    500: '#bbbb47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb47;
$custom-light: #d2cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.032,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB47

secondary

#9595C9

accent

#52D652

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB47

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

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