#BBC22D#BBC22D

#BBC22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.161 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC22D
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -19.59, 68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 70.91, 106.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0613 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.161 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2603, 49.3388, 9.8846)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC22D #342DC2

analogous

#C27F2D #BBC22D #71C22D

triadic

#BBC22D #2DBBC2 #C22DBB

tetradic

#BBC22D #2DC27F #342DC2 #C22D71

square

#BBC22D #2DC27F #342DC2 #C22D71

split-complementary

#BBC22D #2D71C2 #7F2DC2

monochromatic

#5B5F16 #8B9021 #BBC22D #D1D755 #DFE386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BBC22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC22D

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC22D	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.161 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d473',
    500: '#bbc22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc22d;
$custom-light: #d3d473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.819,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78348,
    "c": 0.16102,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC22D

secondary

#827ECD

accent

#42E54A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC22D

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

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