#BBBF48#BBBF48

#BBBF48 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	#BBBF48
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 72)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 62.3%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -16.67, 57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 59.97, 106.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0505 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.141 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2952, 48.2952, 13.3289)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF48 #4C48BF

analogous

#BF8848 #BBBF48 #80BF48

triadic

#BBBF48 #48BBBF #BF48BB

tetradic

#BBBF48 #48BF88 #4C48BF #BF4880

square

#BBBF48 #48BF88 #4C48BF #BF4880

split-complementary

#BBBF48 #4880BF #8848BF

monochromatic

#666824 #929634 #BBBF48 #CCCF75 #DDDFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBF48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBBF48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF48

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF48	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)

#CDB739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.141 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d280',
    500: '#bbbf48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf48;
$custom-light: #d2d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 48.178,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77882,
    "c": 0.14052,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF48

secondary

#9997CC

accent

#50D855

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF48

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

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