#BBC12D#BBC12D

#BBC12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.160 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC12D
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 45)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 76.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -19.09, 67.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 70.53, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0599 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.16 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.0385, 48.8952, 9.8107)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC12D #332DC1

analogous

#C17D2D #BBC12D #71C12D

triadic

#BBC12D #2DBBC1 #C12DBB

tetradic

#BBC12D #2DC17D #332DC1 #C12D71

square

#BBC12D #2DC17D #332DC1 #C12D71

split-complementary

#BBC12D #2D71C1 #7D2DC1

monochromatic

#5B5E16 #8B8F21 #BBC12D #D2D754 #DFE386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBC12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BBC12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC12D

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC12D	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)

#D1BB3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.160 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d373',
    500: '#bbc12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc12d;
$custom-light: #d3d373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.432,
    "s": 62.185,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78127,
    "c": 0.16001,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.48894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC12D

secondary

#817ECC

accent

#43E549

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC12D

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

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