#BBC449#BBC449

#BBC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.145 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC449
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(64, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -19.11, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 61.69, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0573 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.145 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4371, 50.5265, 13.8718)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC449 #5249C4

analogous

#C48F49 #BBC449 #7EC449

triadic

#BBC449 #49BBC4 #C449BB

tetradic

#BBC449 #49C48F #5249C4 #C4497E

square

#BBC449 #49C48F #5249C4 #C4497E

split-complementary

#BBC449 #497EC4 #8F49C4

monochromatic

#696F24 #959D33 #BBC449 #CCD377 #DEE2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BBC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC449

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC449	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.145 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d581',
    500: '#bbc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc449;
$custom-light: #d2d581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.39,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78989,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC449

secondary

#3E3978

accent

#4DDB58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC449

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

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