#BBC541#BBC541

#BBC541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.152 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC541
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 67%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -20.10, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 65.28, 107.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0609 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.152 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4150, 50.8798, 12.6391)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC541 #4B41C5

analogous

#C58D41 #BBC541 #79C541

triadic

#BBC541 #41BBC5 #C541BB

tetradic

#BBC541 #41C58D #4B41C5 #C54179

square

#BBC541 #41C58D #4B41C5 #C54179

split-complementary

#BBC541 #4179C5 #8D41C5

monochromatic

#656B21 #929A2F #BBC541 #CCD370 #DDE29F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BBC541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC541

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC541	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.152 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d67d',
    500: '#bbc541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc541;
$custom-light: #d3d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.545,
    "s": 53.226,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79141,
    "c": 0.15225,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC541

secondary

#3A3575

accent

#4BDD56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC541

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

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