#BBBC23#BBBC23

#BBBC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.160 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC23
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -16.94, 69.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 71.50, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.0547 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.16 110)
XYZ	xyz(38.7816, 46.6538, 8.5520)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC23 #2423BC

analogous

#BC7023 #BBBC23 #6EBC23

triadic

#BBBC23 #23BBBC #BC23BB

tetradic

#BBBC23 #23BC70 #2423BC #BC236E

square

#BBBC23 #23BC70 #2423BC #BC236E

split-complementary

#BBBC23 #236EBC #7023BC

monochromatic

#545510 #888819 #BBBC23 #DBDC41 #E4E574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#BBBC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC23

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC23	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.160 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4cf6e',
    500: '#bbbc23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc23;
$custom-light: #d4cf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.392,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76979,
    "c": 0.15961,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.46653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC23

secondary

#6F6FCC

accent

#3CEB3D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC23

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

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