#BBC531#BBC531

#BBC531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.162 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC531
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -20.91, 67.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 70.84, 107.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0646 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.162 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0154, 50.7199, 10.5344)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC531 #3B31C5

analogous

#C58531 #BBC531 #71C531

triadic

#BBC531 #31BBC5 #C531BB

tetradic

#BBC531 #31C585 #3B31C5 #C53171

square

#BBC531 #31C585 #3B31C5 #C53171

split-complementary

#BBC531 #3171C5 #8531C5

monochromatic

#5E6319 #8C9425 #BBC531 #CED75D #DDE38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BBC531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC531

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC531	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)

#D4BB0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.162 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d675',
    500: '#bbc531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc531;
$custom-light: #d3d675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.054,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79033,
    "c": 0.16206,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC531

secondary

#312D6E

accent

#44E34F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC531

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

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