#BBC733#BBC733

#BBC733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.163 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC733
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -21.80, 67.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 71.00, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.0669 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.163 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5157, 51.6515, 10.9141)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC733 #3F33C7

analogous

#C78933 #BBC733 #71C733

triadic

#BBC733 #33BBC7 #C733BB

tetradic

#BBC733 #33C789 #3F33C7 #C73371

square

#BBC733 #33C789 #3F33C7 #C73371

split-complementary

#BBC733 #3371C7 #8933C7

monochromatic

#5F661A #8D9627 #BBC733 #CDD661 #DCE391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BBC733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC733

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC733	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C040

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.163 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d776',
    500: '#bbc733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc733;
$custom-light: #d3d776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79487,
    "c": 0.16308,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC733

secondary

#342E70

accent

#45E252

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC733

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

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