#BBC23E#BBC23E

#BBC23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.151 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC23E
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 68%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -18.78, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 65.17, 106.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0575 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.151 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6560, 49.4971, 11.9687)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC23E #453EC2

analogous

#C2873E #BBC23E #79C23E

triadic

#BBC23E #3EBBC2 #C23EBB

tetradic

#BBC23E #3EC287 #453EC2 #C23E79

square

#BBC23E #3EC287 #453EC2 #C23E79

split-complementary

#BBC23E #3E79C2 #873EC2

monochromatic

#626620 #8F942F #BBC23E #CBD16D #DCDF9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BBC23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC23E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC23E	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)

#D0B92A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.151 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d47b',
    500: '#bbc23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc23e;
$custom-light: #d3d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 51.969,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78457,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC23E

secondary

#9490CB

accent

#4CDB54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC23E

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

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