#BBC53E#BBC53E

#BBC53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.154 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC53E
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 62)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 68.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -20.27, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 66.40, 107.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0616 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.154 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.3304, 50.8459, 12.1935)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC53E #483EC5

analogous

#C58B3E #BBC53E #78C53E

triadic

#BBC53E #3EBBC5 #C53EBB

tetradic

#BBC53E #3EC58B #483EC5 #C53E78

square

#BBC53E #3EC58B #483EC5 #C53E78

split-complementary

#BBC53E #3E78C5 #8B3EC5

monochromatic

#646920 #90982E #BBC53E #CCD36D #DCE19C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#BBC53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC53E

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC53E	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.154 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d67b',
    500: '#bbc53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc53e;
$custom-light: #d3d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 53.785,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79118,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC53E

secondary

#393473

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC53E

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

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