#BBC72C#BBC72C

#BBC72C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.167 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC72C
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -22.09, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 73.11, 107.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.0683 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.167 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3728, 51.5943, 10.1616)
Luminance	0.5159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC72C #382CC7

analogous

#C7852C #BBC72C #6EC72C

triadic

#BBC72C #2CBBC7 #C72CBB

tetradic

#BBC72C #2CC785 #382CC7 #C72C6E

square

#BBC72C #2CC785 #382CC7 #C72C6E

split-complementary

#BBC72C #2C6EC7 #852CC7

monochromatic

#5D6316 #8C9521 #BBC72C #D0DA56 #DEE589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BBC72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC72C

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC72C	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.167 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d773',
    500: '#bbc72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc72c;
$custom-light: #d3d773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.645,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79449,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC72C

secondary

#2F2A6D

accent

#41E74E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC72C

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

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