#BBBC27#BBBC27

#BBBC27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.158 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC27
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 79.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -16.81, 68.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 70.44, 103.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.054 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.158 110)
XYZ	xyz(38.8444, 46.6789, 8.8828)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC27 #2827BC

analogous

#BC7327 #BBBC27 #70BC27

triadic

#BBBC27 #27BBBC #BC27BB

tetradic

#BBBC27 #27BC73 #2827BC #BC2770

square

#BBBC27 #27BC73 #2827BC #BC2770

split-complementary

#BBBC27 #2770BC #7327BC

monochromatic

#565712 #89891C #BBBC27 #D8D947 #E3E37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#BBBC27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC27

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC27	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.158 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf6f',
    500: '#bbbc27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc27;
$custom-light: #d3cf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.403,
    "s": 65.639,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76997,
    "c": 0.1579,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.46678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC27

secondary

#7473CB

accent

#3FE940

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151308

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC27

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

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