#BBC52B#BBC52B

#BBC52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.165 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC52B
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 43)
HSL	hsl(64, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 78.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -21.15, 69.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 72.63, 106.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0657 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.165 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8971, 50.6726, 9.9114)
Luminance	0.5067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC52B #352BC5

analogous

#C5822B #BBC52B #6EC52B

triadic

#BBC52B #2BBBC5 #C52BBB

tetradic

#BBC52B #2BC582 #352BC5 #C52B6E

square

#BBC52B #2BC582 #352BC5 #C52B6E

split-complementary

#BBC52B #2B6EC5 #822BC5

monochromatic

#5C6115 #8B9320 #BBC52B #D1DA54 #DEE586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BBC52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC52B

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC52B	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.165 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d672',
    500: '#bbc52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc52b;
$custom-light: #d3d672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.896,
    "s": 64.167,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79001,
    "c": 0.16504,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC52B

secondary

#2D296B

accent

#41E74B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC52B

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

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