#BBBF47#BBBF47

#BBBF47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.141 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF47
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 71)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -16.74, 58.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 60.39, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0508 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.141 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2628, 48.2823, 13.1585)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF47 #4B47BF

analogous

#BF8747 #BBBF47 #7FBF47

triadic

#BBBF47 #47BBBF #BF47BB

tetradic

#BBBF47 #47BF87 #4B47BF #BF477F

square

#BBBF47 #47BF87 #4B47BF #BF477F

split-complementary

#BBBF47 #477FBF #8747BF

monochromatic

#656824 #929534 #BBBF47 #CCCF74 #DDDFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBF47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBBF47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF47

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF47	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.141 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d280',
    500: '#bbbf47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf47;
$custom-light: #d2d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77873,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF47

secondary

#9896CB

accent

#50D854

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF47

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

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