#BBC53A#BBC53A

#BBC53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.157 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC53A
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 58)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -20.48, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 67.84, 107.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0626 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.157 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2247, 50.8036, 11.6366)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC53A #443AC5

analogous

#C58A3A #BBC53A #75C53A

triadic

#BBC53A #3ABBC5 #C53ABB

tetradic

#BBC53A #3AC58A #443AC5 #C53A75

square

#BBC53A #3AC58A #443AC5 #C53A75

split-complementary

#BBC53A #3A75C5 #8A3AC5

monochromatic

#61661E #8E962C #BBC53A #CBD369 #DCE199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BBC53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC53A

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC53A	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)

#D3BC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.157 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d679',
    500: '#bbc53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc53a;
$custom-light: #d3d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7909,
    "c": 0.15686,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC53A

secondary

#373271

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC53A

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

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