#BBC549#BBC549

#BBC549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.146 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC549
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -19.61, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 62.13, 108.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0587 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.146 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6634, 50.9791, 13.9472)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC549 #5349C5

analogous

#C59149 #BBC549 #7DC549

triadic

#BBC549 #49BBC5 #C549BB

tetradic

#BBC549 #49C591 #5349C5 #C5497D

square

#BBC549 #49C591 #5349C5 #C5497D

split-complementary

#BBC549 #497DC5 #9149C5

monochromatic

#6A7024 #969E32 #BBC549 #CCD477 #DEE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BBC549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC549

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC549	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.146 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d681',
    500: '#bbc549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc549;
$custom-light: #d2d681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79209,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC549

secondary

#3E3979

accent

#4DDB58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC549

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

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