#BBBE45#BBBE45

#BBBE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.142 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE45
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -16.36, 58.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 60.79, 105.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.05 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.142 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9824, 47.8224, 12.7535)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE45 #4845BE

analogous

#BE8545 #BBBE45 #7EBE45

triadic

#BBBE45 #45BBBE #BE45BB

tetradic

#BBBE45 #45BE85 #4845BE #BE457E

square

#BBBE45 #45BE85 #4845BE #BE457E

split-complementary

#BBBE45 #457EBE #8545BE

monochromatic

#646523 #909333 #BBBE45 #CCCE72 #DCDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#BBBE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE45

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE45	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.142 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d17f',
    500: '#bbbe45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe45;
$custom-light: #d2d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.488,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77637,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE45

secondary

#9695CA

accent

#50D853

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE45

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

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