#BBC04B#BBC04B

#BBC04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.139 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC04B
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(63, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 60.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -16.97, 56.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 59.14, 106.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0511 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.139 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6143, 48.7730, 13.9299)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC04B #504BC0

analogous

#C08A4B #BBC04B #81C04B

triadic

#BBC04B #4BBBC0 #C04BBB

tetradic

#BBC04B #4BC08A #504BC0 #C04B81

square

#BBC04B #4BC08A #504BC0 #C04B81

split-complementary

#BBC04B #4B81C0 #8A4BC0

monochromatic

#686B25 #949835 #BBC04B #CCD078 #DDE0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBC04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#BBC04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC04B

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC04B	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)

#CEB83D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.139 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d282',
    500: '#bbc04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc04b;
$custom-light: #d2d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.564,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78129,
    "c": 0.13922,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC04B

secondary

#9C9ACD

accent

#50D856

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC04B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →