#BBBE47#BBBE47

#BBBE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.140 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE47
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 62.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, -16.24, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 59.97, 105.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0494 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.14 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0455, 47.8476, 13.0860)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE47 #4A47BE

analogous

#BE8547 #BBBE47 #7FBE47

triadic

#BBBE47 #47BBBE #BE47BB

tetradic

#BBBE47 #47BE85 #4A47BE #BE477F

square

#BBBE47 #47BE85 #4A47BE #BE477F

split-complementary

#BBBE47 #477FBE #8547BE

monochromatic

#656624 #919434 #BBBE47 #CCCE74 #DCDEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BBBE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE47

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE47	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)

#CCB638

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.140 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d180',
    500: '#bbbe47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe47;
$custom-light: #d2d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.513,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77654,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE47

secondary

#9796CB

accent

#50D754

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE47

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

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