#BBBD47#BBBD47

#BBBD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.139 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD47
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 62.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -15.73, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 59.55, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.048 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.139 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8296, 47.4160, 13.0141)
Luminance	0.4742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD47 #4947BD

analogous

#BD8447 #BBBD47 #80BD47

triadic

#BBBD47 #47BBBD #BD47BB

tetradic

#BBBD47 #47BD84 #4947BD #BD4780

square

#BBBD47 #47BD84 #4947BD #BD4780

split-complementary

#BBBD47 #4780BD #8447BD

monochromatic

#646524 #919234 #BBBD47 #CCCD74 #DCDDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#BBBD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD47

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD47	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)

#CBB538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.139 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d080',
    500: '#bbbd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd47;
$custom-light: #d2d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 47.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77436,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD47

secondary

#9796CA

accent

#51D753

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD47

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

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