#BBBD49#BBBD49

#BBBD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.138 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD49
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 73)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 61.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -15.60, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 58.72, 105.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0474 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.138 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8949, 47.4421, 13.3577)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD49 #4B49BD

analogous

#BD8549 #BBBD49 #81BD49

triadic

#BBBD49 #49BBBD #BD49BB

tetradic

#BBBD49 #49BD85 #4B49BD #BD4981

square

#BBBD49 #49BD85 #4B49BD #BD4981

split-complementary

#BBBD49 #4981BD #8549BD

monochromatic

#656625 #929335 #BBBD49 #CCCD76 #DDDEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BBBD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD49

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD49	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)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.138 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d081',
    500: '#bbbd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd49;
$custom-light: #d2d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.034,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77454,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD49

secondary

#9897CA

accent

#51D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD49

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

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