#BBC249#BBC249

#BBC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.143 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC249
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(63, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(63, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 62.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, -18.11, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 60.83, 107.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.0545 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.143 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9890, 49.6303, 13.7224)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC249 #5049C2

analogous

#C28C49 #BBC249 #7FC249

triadic

#BBC249 #49BBC2 #C249BB

tetradic

#BBC249 #49C28C #5049C2 #C2497F

square

#BBC249 #49C28C #5049C2 #C2497F

split-complementary

#BBC249 #497FC2 #8C49C2

monochromatic

#686C24 #949A34 #BBC249 #CCD177 #DDE1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BBC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC249

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC249	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.143 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d481',
    500: '#bbc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc249;
$custom-light: #d2d481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.471,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78549,
    "c": 0.14304,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC249

secondary

#9C99CE

accent

#4ED957

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9EF

border

#D3D2CA

text

#14140B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC249

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

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