#BBBC47#BBBC47

#BBBC47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.138 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC47
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 62.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -15.22, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 59.14, 104.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0466 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.138 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6153, 46.9872, 12.9426)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC47 #4847BC

analogous

#BC8247 #BBBC47 #80BC47

triadic

#BBBC47 #47BBBC #BC47BB

tetradic

#BBBC47 #47BC82 #4847BC #BC4780

square

#BBBC47 #47BC82 #4847BC #BC4780

split-complementary

#BBBC47 #4780BC #8247BC

monochromatic

#646424 #909135 #BBBC47 #CCCC74 #DCDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBC47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BBBC47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC47

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC47	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.138 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d080',
    500: '#bbbc47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc47;
$custom-light: #d2d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.513,
    "s": 46.614,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77218,
    "c": 0.13809,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC47

secondary

#9695C9

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC47

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

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