#BBC331#BBC331

#BBC331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.160 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC331
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 49)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -19.92, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 70.06, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0618 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.16 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5643, 49.8177, 10.3841)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC331 #3931C3

analogous

#C38231 #BBC331 #72C331

triadic

#BBC331 #31BBC3 #C331BB

tetradic

#BBC331 #31C382 #3931C3 #C33172

square

#BBC331 #31C382 #3931C3 #C33172

split-complementary

#BBC331 #3172C3 #8231C3

monochromatic

#5D6118 #8C9225 #BBC331 #CFD65B #DDE28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBC331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC331

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC331	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)

#D2BA0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.160 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d475',
    500: '#bbc331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc331;
$custom-light: #d3d475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.288,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78591,
    "c": 0.15998,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC331

secondary

#8783CC

accent

#45E34D

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#151409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC331

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

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