#BBC23D#BBC23D

#BBC23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.152 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC23D
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 61)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 68.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -18.84, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 65.54, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0577 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.152 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6288, 49.4862, 11.8255)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC23D #443DC2

analogous

#C2873D #BBC23D #78C23D

triadic

#BBC23D #3DBBC2 #C23DBB

tetradic

#BBC23D #3DC287 #443DC2 #C23D78

square

#BBC23D #3DC287 #443DC2 #C23D78

split-complementary

#BBC23D #3D78C2 #873DC2

monochromatic

#616520 #8E932E #BBC23D #CBD16C #DCDF9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BBC23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC23D

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC23D	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.152 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d47b',
    500: '#bbc23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc23d;
$custom-light: #d3d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 52.157,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7845,
    "c": 0.15173,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC23D

secondary

#9390CB

accent

#4CDC54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC23D

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

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