#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
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.14
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.21
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.25
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.55
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.17
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.67
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