#BBC12C#BBC12C

#BBC12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.161 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC12C
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 44)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 77.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -19.13, 68.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 70.83, 105.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0601 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.161 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.0195, 48.8876, 9.7105)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC12C #322CC1

analogous

#C17D2C #BBC12C #71C12C

triadic

#BBC12C #2CBBC1 #C12CBB

tetradic

#BBC12C #2CC17D #322CC1 #C12C71

square

#BBC12C #2CC17D #322CC1 #C12C71

split-complementary

#BBC12C #2C71C1 #7D2CC1

monochromatic

#5A5D15 #8B8F21 #BBC12C #D2D853 #DFE384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBC12C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BBC12C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC12C

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC12C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC12C	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BB39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc12c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.161 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d372',
    500: '#bbc12c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc12c;
$custom-light: #d3d372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc12c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.416,
    "s": 62.869,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78122,
    "c": 0.1605,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.48887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC12C

secondary

#807DCC

accent

#42E648

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC12C

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

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