#BBC233#BBC233

#BBC233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.158 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC233
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 73.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -19.34, 66.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 69.03, 106.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.06 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.158 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3842, 49.3883, 10.5369)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC233 #3A33C2

analogous

#C28133 #BBC233 #73C233

triadic

#BBC233 #33BBC2 #C233BB

tetradic

#BBC233 #33C281 #3A33C2 #C23373

square

#BBC233 #33C281 #3A33C2 #C23373

split-complementary

#BBC233 #3373C2 #8133C2

monochromatic

#5E611A #8C9226 #BBC233 #CFD55E #DDE18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BBC233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC233

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC233	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.158 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d475',
    500: '#bbc233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc233;
$custom-light: #d3d475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.937,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78382,
    "c": 0.15785,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC233

secondary

#8885CC

accent

#46E24E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9ED

border

#D3D2C8

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC233

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

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