#BBC23A#BBC23A

#BBC23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.154 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC23A
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 58)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 70.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -19.00, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 66.63, 106.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0585 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.154 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5503, 49.4548, 11.4118)
Luminance	0.4945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC23A #413AC2

analogous

#C2853A #BBC23A #77C23A

triadic

#BBC23A #3ABBC2 #C23ABB

tetradic

#BBC23A #3AC285 #413AC2 #C23A77

square

#BBC23A #3AC285 #413AC2 #C23A77

split-complementary

#BBC23A #3A77C2 #853AC2

monochromatic

#60641E #8E932C #BBC23A #CCD267 #DCE097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBC23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC23A

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC23A	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.154 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d479',
    500: '#bbc23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc23a;
$custom-light: #d3d479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.088,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78428,
    "c": 0.15367,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC23A

secondary

#908DCB

accent

#4ADD52

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC23A

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

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