#BBBC48#BBBC48

#BBBC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.137 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC48
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.19, -15.16, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.19, 58.72, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0463 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.137 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6476, 47.0002, 13.1131)
Luminance	0.4700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC48 #4948BC

analogous

#BC8348 #BBBC48 #81BC48

triadic

#BBBC48 #48BBBC #BC48BB

tetradic

#BBBC48 #48BC83 #4948BC #BC4881

square

#BBBC48 #48BC83 #4948BC #BC4881

split-complementary

#BBBC48 #4881BC #8348BC

monochromatic

#646525 #919235 #BBBC48 #CCCC75 #DCDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BBBC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC48

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC48	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)

#CAB43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.137 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d080',
    500: '#bbbc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc48;
$custom-light: #d2d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.517,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77227,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC48

secondary

#9796CA

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC48

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

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