#BBBB48#BBBB48

#BBBB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.136 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB48
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -14.65, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 58.31, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0448 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.136 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4347, 46.5744, 13.0421)
Luminance	0.4657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB48 #4848BB

analogous

#BB8148 #BBBB48 #81BB48

triadic

#BBBB48 #48BBBB #BB48BB

tetradic

#BBBB48 #48BB81 #4848BB #BB4881

square

#BBBB48 #48BB81 #4848BB #BB4881

split-complementary

#BBBB48 #4881BB #8148BB

monochromatic

#646425 #909036 #BBBB48 #CCCC75 #DCDCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#BBBB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB48

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB48	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)

#C9B43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.136 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf80',
    500: '#bbbb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb48;
$custom-light: #d2cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77009,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB48

secondary

#9696C9

accent

#52D552

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB48

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

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