#BBC462#BBC462

#BBC462 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.123 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC462
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 98)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 50%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 50%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -17.13, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 50.65, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0491 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.123 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.4388, 50.9272, 19.1472)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC462 #6B62C4

analogous

#C49C62 #BBC462 #8AC462

triadic

#BBC462 #62BBC4 #C462BB

tetradic

#BBC462 #62C49C #6B62C4 #C4628A

square

#BBC462 #62C49C #6B62C4 #C4628A

split-complementary

#BBC462 #628AC4 #9C62C4

monochromatic

#767D2F #A0A940 #BBC462 #CED58E #E2E5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BBC462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC462

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC462	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BE67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.123 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d591',
    500: '#bbc462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc462;
$custom-light: #d1d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.51,
    "s": 45.37,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79262,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC462

secondary

#4B4585

accent

#53D55F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC462

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

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