#BBC530#BBC530

#BBC530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.163 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC530
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 48)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 75.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -20.95, 68.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 71.15, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0648 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.163 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9946, 50.7116, 10.4245)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC530 #3A30C5

analogous

#C58430 #BBC530 #70C530

triadic

#BBC530 #30BBC5 #C530BB

tetradic

#BBC530 #30C584 #3A30C5 #C53070

square

#BBC530 #30C584 #3A30C5 #C53070

split-complementary

#BBC530 #3070C5 #8430C5

monochromatic

#5E6318 #8C9424 #BBC530 #CFD75B #DDE38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BBC530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC530

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC530	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.163 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d674',
    500: '#bbc530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc530;
$custom-light: #d3d674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.027,
    "s": 60.816,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79027,
    "c": 0.16258,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC530

secondary

#302C6D

accent

#44E44F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC530

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

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