#BBC44B#BBC44B

#BBC44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.144 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BBC44B
RGBrgb(187, 196, 75)
HSLhsl(64, 51%, 53%)
HSVhsv(64, 62%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(4.6%, 0%, 61.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.41, -18.97, 57.84)
CIE-LCHlch(76.41, 60.87, 108.16°)
OKLaboklab(79.01% -0.0567 0.132)
OKLCHoklch(79.01% 0.144 113.2)
XYZxyz(41.5045, 50.5535, 14.2266)
Luminance0.5055 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BBC44B #544BC4
analogous
#C4904B #BBC44B #7EC44B
triadic
#BBC44B #4BBBC4 #C44BBB
tetradic
#BBC44B #4BC490 #544BC4 #C44B7E
square
#BBC44B #4BC490 #544BC4 #C44B7E
split-complementary
#BBC44B #4B7EC4 #904BC4
monochromatic
#6A7025 #969E34 #BBC44B #CCD379 #DEE2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89
#BBC44B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11
#BBC44B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC44B
11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BBC44B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BBC44B1.001.8911.1111.11
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1121.001.001.00
##00000011.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BB3C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BE53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C7B9AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bbc44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.144 113.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d583',
    500: '#bbc44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bbc44b;
$custom-light: #d2d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bbc44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.463,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79007,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BBC44B
secondary
#3F3A79
accent
#4EDA58
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#14140B
muted
#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC44B

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#BBC44B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva