#BBBD46#BBBD46

#BBBD46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.140 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD46
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 70)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 63%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, -15.80, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 59.97, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.43% -0.0483 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(77.43% 0.14 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.7978, 47.4032, 12.8465)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD46 #4846BD

analogous

#BD8346 #BBBD46 #80BD46

triadic

#BBBD46 #46BBBD #BD46BB

tetradic

#BBBD46 #46BD83 #4846BD #BD4680

square

#BBBD46 #46BD83 #4846BD #BD4680

split-complementary

#BBBD46 #4680BD #8346BD

monochromatic

#646524 #909234 #BBBD46 #CCCD73 #DCDDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BBBD46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD46

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD46	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.140 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d07f',
    500: '#bbbd46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd46;
$custom-light: #d2d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.008,
    "s": 47.41,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77427,
    "c": 0.13993,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD46

secondary

#9695CA

accent

#51D753

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD46

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

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