#BBBB49#BBBB49

#BBBB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.135 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBB49
RGB	rgb(187, 187, 73)
HSL	hsl(60, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(60, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.93, -14.58, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.93, 57.89, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0445 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.135 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.4676, 46.5876, 13.2153)
Luminance	0.4659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBB49 #4949BB

analogous

#BB8249 #BBBB49 #82BB49

triadic

#BBBB49 #49BBBB #BB49BB

tetradic

#BBBB49 #49BB82 #4949BB #BB4982

square

#BBBB49 #49BB82 #4949BB #BB4982

split-complementary

#BBBB49 #4982BB #8249BB

monochromatic

#646425 #919136 #BBBB49 #CCCC76 #DCDCA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#BBBB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#BBBB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBB49

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBB49	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 187, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.135 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf81',
    500: '#bbbb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbb49;
$custom-light: #d2cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.13543,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBB49

secondary

#9797C9

accent

#53D553

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBB49

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

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