#BBC32E#BBC32E

#BBC32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.162 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC32E
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 76.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -20.04, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 70.99, 106.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0624 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.162 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5031, 49.7932, 10.0617)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC32E #362EC3

analogous

#C3802E #BBC32E #71C32E

triadic

#BBC32E #2EBBC3 #C32EBB

tetradic

#BBC32E #2EC380 #362EC3 #C32E71

square

#BBC32E #2EC380 #362EC3 #C32E71

split-complementary

#BBC32E #2E71C3 #802EC3

monochromatic

#5C6017 #8C9122 #BBC32E #D0D757 #DEE388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBC32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC32E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC32E	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.162 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d473',
    500: '#bbc32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc32e;
$custom-light: #d3d473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.221,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.16154,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC32E

secondary

#8480CD

accent

#43E54C

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FBFAED

border

#D4D3C8

text

#151409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC32E

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

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