#BBC53B#BBC53B

#BBC53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.156 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC53B
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -20.43, 64.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 67.49, 107.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.0624 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.156 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2504, 50.8139, 11.7719)
Luminance	0.5081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC53B #453BC5

analogous

#C58A3B #BBC53B #76C53B

triadic

#BBC53B #3BBBC5 #C53BBB

tetradic

#BBC53B #3BC58A #453BC5 #C53B76

square

#BBC53B #3BC58A #453BC5 #C53B76

split-complementary

#BBC53B #3B76C5 #8A3BC5

monochromatic

#62671F #8F962C #BBC53B #CBD36A #DCE199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BBC53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC53B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC53B	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)

#D3BC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.156 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d67a',
    500: '#bbc53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc53b;
$custom-light: #d3d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.348,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79097,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC53B

secondary

#373371

accent

#4ADE55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC53B

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

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