#BBC333#BBC333

#BBC333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.159 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC333
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -19.83, 66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 69.42, 106.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0614 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.159 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6075, 49.8350, 10.6113)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC333 #3B33C3

analogous

#C38333 #BBC333 #73C333

triadic

#BBC333 #33BBC3 #C333BB

tetradic

#BBC333 #33C383 #3B33C3 #C33373

square

#BBC333 #33C383 #3B33C3 #C33373

split-complementary

#BBC333 #3373C3 #8333C3

monochromatic

#5E621A #8C9226 #BBC333 #CED55E #DDE28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BBC333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC333

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC333	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.159 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d576',
    500: '#bbc333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc333;
$custom-light: #d3d576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78603,
    "c": 0.15889,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC333

secondary

#8A86CC

accent

#46E24F

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAED

border

#D3D3C8

text

#151409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC333

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

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