#BBBC49#BBBC49

#BBBC49 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	#BBBC49
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 61.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -15.09, 56.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 58.30, 105.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.046 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.137 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6805, 47.0133, 13.2863)
Luminance	0.4701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC49 #4A49BC

analogous

#BC8349 #BBBC49 #81BC49

triadic

#BBBC49 #49BBBC #BC49BB

tetradic

#BBBC49 #49BC83 #4A49BC #BC4981

square

#BBBC49 #49BC83 #4A49BC #BC4981

split-complementary

#BBBC49 #4981BC #8349BC

monochromatic

#656525 #919236 #BBBC49 #CCCC76 #DCDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#BBBC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC49

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC49	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)

#CAB43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B1A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.137 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d081',
    500: '#bbbc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc49;
$custom-light: #d2d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.522,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77236,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC49

secondary

#9797CA

accent

#52D653

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC49

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

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