#BBC149#BBC149

#BBC149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.142 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC149
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.57, -17.61, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.57, 60.41, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0531 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.142 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.7672, 49.1867, 13.6485)
Luminance	0.4919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC149 #4F49C1

analogous

#C18B49 #BBC149 #7FC149

triadic

#BBC149 #49BBC1 #C149BB

tetradic

#BBC149 #49C18B #4F49C1 #C1497F

square

#BBC149 #49C18B #4F49C1 #C1497F

split-complementary

#BBC149 #497FC1 #8B49C1

monochromatic

#686B24 #949934 #BBC149 #CCD177 #DDE0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBC149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#BBC149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC149

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC149	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.142 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d381',
    500: '#bbc149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc149;
$custom-light: #d2d381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7833,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC149

secondary

#9B99CD

accent

#4FD956

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC149

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

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