#BBBD4A#BBBD4A

#BBBD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.137 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBD4A
RGB	rgb(187, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(61, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 0%, 60.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.48, -15.53, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.48, 58.30, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0471 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.137 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9283, 47.4554, 13.5337)
Luminance	0.4745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBD4A #4C4ABD

analogous

#BD864A #BBBD4A #82BD4A

triadic

#BBBD4A #4ABBBD #BD4ABB

tetradic

#BBBD4A #4ABD86 #4C4ABD #BD4A82

square

#BBBD4A #4ABD86 #4C4ABD #BD4A82

split-complementary

#BBBD4A #4A82BD #864ABD

monochromatic

#666726 #929436 #BBBD4A #CCCD77 #DDDEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBBD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#BBBD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBD4A

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBD4A	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)

#CBB53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.137 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d081',
    500: '#bbbd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbd4a;
$custom-light: #d2d081;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.043,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77464,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBD4A

secondary

#9998CB

accent

#52D654

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBD4A

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

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