#BBC53C#BBC53C

#BBC53C 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#BBC53C
RGBrgb(187, 197, 60)
HSLhsl(64, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(64, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(5.1%, 0%, 69.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(76.57, -20.38, 63.96)
CIE-LCHlch(76.57, 67.13, 107.67°)
OKLaboklab(79.1% -0.0621 0.1427)
OKLCHoklch(79.1% 0.156 113.5)
XYZxyz(41.2766, 50.8244, 11.9098)
Luminance0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BBC53C #463CC5
analogous
#C58B3C #BBC53C #76C53C
triadic
#BBC53C #3CBBC5 #C53CBB
tetradic
#BBC53C #3CC58B #463CC5 #C53C76
square
#BBC53C #3CC58B #463CC5 #C53C76
split-complementary
#BBC53C #3C76C5 #8B3CC5
monochromatic
#62681F #8F972D #BBC53C #CBD36B #DCE19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#BBC53C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16
#BBC53C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC53C
11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BBC53C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BBC53C1.001.8811.1611.16
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1621.001.001.00
##00000011.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BC25
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BE46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C7B9AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bbc53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.156 113.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d67a',
    500: '#bbc53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bbc53c;
$custom-light: #d3d67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bbc53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.38,
    "s": 54.15,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79104,
    "c": 0.1556,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BBC53C
secondary
#383372
accent
#4ADE55
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC53C

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#BBC53C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva