#BBBD48#BBBD48

#BBBD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.138 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD48
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.46, -15.66, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.46, 59.14, 105.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0477 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.138 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8620, 47.4289, 13.1845)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD48 #4A48BD

analogous

#BD8448 #BBBD48 #80BD48

triadic

#BBBD48 #48BBBD #BD48BB

tetradic

#BBBD48 #48BD84 #4A48BD #BD4880

square

#BBBD48 #48BD84 #4A48BD #BD4880

split-complementary

#BBBD48 #4880BD #8448BD

monochromatic

#656625 #919335 #BBBD48 #CCCD75 #DCDDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BBBD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD48

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD48	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.138 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d080',
    500: '#bbbd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd48;
$custom-light: #d2d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.026,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD48

secondary

#9797CA

accent

#51D753

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD48

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

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