#BBBE48#BBBE48

#BBBE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.139 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBE48
RGB	rgb(187, 190, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 0%, 62.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.74, -16.17, 57.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.74, 59.55, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0491 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.139 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0778, 47.8606, 13.2565)
Luminance	0.4786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBE48 #4B48BE

analogous

#BE8648 #BBBE48 #80BE48

triadic

#BBBE48 #48BBBE #BE48BB

tetradic

#BBBE48 #48BE86 #4B48BE #BE4880

square

#BBBE48 #48BE86 #4B48BE #BE4880

split-complementary

#BBBE48 #4880BE #8648BE

monochromatic

#656725 #929435 #BBBE48 #CCCE75 #DDDEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#BBBE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#BBBE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBE48

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBE48	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)

#CCB639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbe48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 190, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.139 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d180',
    500: '#bbbe48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbe48;
$custom-light: #d2d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbe48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.525,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77664,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBE48

secondary

#9897CB

accent

#51D754

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBE48

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

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