#BBC45B#BBC45B

#BBC45B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.130 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC45B
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 53.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -17.75, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 53.89, 109.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.18% -0.0516 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(79.18% 0.13 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1226, 50.8007, 17.4820)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC45B #645BC4

analogous

#C4995B #BBC45B #87C45B

triadic

#BBC45B #5BBBC4 #C45BBB

tetradic

#BBC45B #5BC499 #645BC4 #C45B87

square

#BBC45B #5BC499 #645BC4 #C45B87

split-complementary

#BBC45B #5B87C4 #995BC4

monochromatic

#72792C #9DA63C #BBC45B #CED488 #E0E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BBC45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC45B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC45B	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.130 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d58c',
    500: '#bbc45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc45b;
$custom-light: #d1d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79176,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC45B

secondary

#474182

accent

#51D75D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC45B

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

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