#BBBE46#BBBE46

#BBBE46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.141 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE46
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 70)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 63.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -16.30, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 60.38, 105.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0497 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.141 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0137, 47.8349, 12.9184)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE46 #4946BE

analogous

#BE8546 #BBBE46 #7FBE46

triadic

#BBBE46 #46BBBE #BE46BB

tetradic

#BBBE46 #46BE85 #4946BE #BE467F

square

#BBBE46 #46BE85 #4946BE #BE467F

split-complementary

#BBBE46 #467FBE #8546BE

monochromatic

#646624 #919334 #BBBE46 #CCCE73 #DCDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BBBE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE46

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE46	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.141 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d17f',
    500: '#bbbe46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe46;
$custom-light: #d2d17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.5,
    "s": 48,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77645,
    "c": 0.141,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE46

secondary

#9795CA

accent

#50D854

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE46

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

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