#BBC049#BBC049

#BBC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.141 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC049
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 62%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -17.11, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 59.98, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0517 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.141 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5469, 48.7460, 13.5750)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC049 #4E49C0

analogous

#C08A49 #BBC049 #80C049

triadic

#BBC049 #49BBC0 #C049BB

tetradic

#BBC049 #49C08A #4E49C0 #C04980

square

#BBC049 #49C08A #4E49C0 #C04980

split-complementary

#BBC049 #4980C0 #8A49C0

monochromatic

#676A25 #939734 #BBC049 #CCD076 #DDDFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BBC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC049

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC049	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB83A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.141 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d281',
    500: '#bbc049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc049;
$custom-light: #d2d281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.521,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78111,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC049

secondary

#9B98CC

accent

#50D855

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC049

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

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