#BBC231#BBC231

#BBC231 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	#BBC231
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -19.42, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 69.68, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0605 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.159 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3410, 49.3711, 10.3096)
Luminance	0.4937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC231 #3831C2

analogous

#C28131 #BBC231 #72C231

triadic

#BBC231 #31BBC2 #C231BB

tetradic

#BBC231 #31C281 #3831C2 #C23172

square

#BBC231 #31C281 #3831C2 #C23172

split-complementary

#BBC231 #3172C2 #8131C2

monochromatic

#5D6018 #8C9125 #BBC231 #D0D65B #DEE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#BBC231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC231

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC231	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)

#D1B90E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.159 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d474',
    500: '#bbc231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc231;
$custom-light: #d3d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.897,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7837,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC231

secondary

#8683CC

accent

#45E34D

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC231

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

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