#BBC349#BBC349

#BBC349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.144 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC349
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -18.61, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 61.26, 107.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0559 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.144 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2123, 50.0769, 13.7969)
Luminance	0.5008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC349 #5149C3

analogous

#C38E49 #BBC349 #7EC349

triadic

#BBC349 #49BBC3 #C349BB

tetradic

#BBC349 #49C38E #5149C3 #C3497E

square

#BBC349 #49C38E #5149C3 #C3497E

split-complementary

#BBC349 #497EC3 #8E49C3

monochromatic

#696E24 #959C33 #BBC349 #CCD277 #DDE1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BBC349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC349

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC349	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.144 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d581',
    500: '#bbc349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc349;
$custom-light: #d2d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.934,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC349

secondary

#3D3977

accent

#4EDA57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC349

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

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