#BBC248#BBC248

#BBC248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.144 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC248
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 62.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.83, -18.18, 58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.83, 61.24, 107.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0548 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.144 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9561, 49.6171, 13.5492)
Luminance	0.4962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC248 #4F48C2

analogous

#C28C48 #BBC248 #7EC248

triadic

#BBC248 #48BBC2 #C248BB

tetradic

#BBC248 #48C28C #4F48C2 #C2487E

square

#BBC248 #48C28C #4F48C2 #C2487E

split-complementary

#BBC248 #487EC2 #8C48C2

monochromatic

#686C24 #949A33 #BBC248 #CCD176 #DDE1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BBC248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC248

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC248	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.144 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d481',
    500: '#bbc248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc248;
$custom-light: #d2d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.443,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7854,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC248

secondary

#9B98CE

accent

#4EDA56

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC248

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

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