#BBC047#BBC047

#BBC047 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.142 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC047
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 71)
HSL	hsl(62, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(62, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 63%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -17.24, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 60.81, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0522 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.142 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4816, 48.7199, 13.2314)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC047 #4C47C0

analogous

#C08947 #BBC047 #7FC047

triadic

#BBC047 #47BBC0 #C047BB

tetradic

#BBC047 #47C089 #4C47C0 #C0477F

square

#BBC047 #47C089 #4C47C0 #C0477F

split-complementary

#BBC047 #477FC0 #8947C0

monochromatic

#666924 #929633 #BBC047 #CCD075 #DDDFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBC047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#BBC047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC047

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC047	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.142 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d280',
    500: '#bbc047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc047;
$custom-light: #d2d280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.479,
    "s": 48.988,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78092,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC047

secondary

#9997CC

accent

#4FD955

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC047

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

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