#BBBF49#BBBF49

#BBBF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.140 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBF49
RGB	rgb(187, 191, 73)
HSL	hsl(62, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -16.61, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 59.56, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0503 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.14 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3281, 48.3084, 13.5021)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBF49 #4D49BF

analogous

#BF8849 #BBBF49 #80BF49

triadic

#BBBF49 #49BBBF #BF49BB

tetradic

#BBBF49 #49BF88 #4D49BF #BF4980

square

#BBBF49 #49BF88 #4D49BF #BF4980

split-complementary

#BBBF49 #4980BF #8849BF

monochromatic

#666925 #939635 #BBBF49 #CCCF76 #DDDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBBF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#BBBF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBF49

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBF49	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)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 191, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.140 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d281',
    500: '#bbbf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbf49;
$custom-light: #d2d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.034,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77892,
    "c": 0.13974,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBF49

secondary

#9A98CC

accent

#50D855

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBF49

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

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