#BBC649#BBC649

#BBC649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.148 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC649
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(65, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(65, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -20.10, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 62.56, 108.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.0601 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.148 114)
XYZ	xyz(41.8912, 51.4348, 14.0232)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC649 #5449C6

analogous

#C69249 #BBC649 #7CC649

triadic

#BBC649 #49BBC6 #C649BB

tetradic

#BBC649 #49C692 #5449C6 #C6497C

square

#BBC649 #49C692 #5449C6 #C6497C

split-complementary

#BBC649 #497CC6 #9249C6

monochromatic

#6A7123 #96A032 #BBC649 #CCD578 #DEE3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BBC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC649

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC649	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.148 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d782',
    500: '#bbc649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc649;
$custom-light: #d2d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.28,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79429,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.51434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC649

secondary

#3F397A

accent

#4CDC59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC649

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

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