#BBC230#BBC230

#BBC230 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.159 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC230
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 48)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -19.47, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 69.99, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0607 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.159 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3201, 49.3627, 10.1997)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC230 #3730C2

analogous

#C28030 #BBC230 #72C230

triadic

#BBC230 #30BBC2 #C230BB

tetradic

#BBC230 #30C280 #3730C2 #C23072

square

#BBC230 #30C280 #3730C2 #C23072

split-complementary

#BBC230 #3072C2 #8030C2

monochromatic

#5C6018 #8C9124 #BBC230 #D0D659 #DEE28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BBC230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC230

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC230	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)

#D1B90B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.159 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d474',
    500: '#bbc230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc230;
$custom-light: #d3d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.877,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78364,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC230

secondary

#8582CC

accent

#44E34C

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC230

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

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