#BBC73A#BBC73A

#BBC73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.159 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC73A
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 70.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -21.47, 65.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 68.66, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0654 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.159 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6818, 51.7179, 11.7890)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC73A #463AC7

analogous

#C78C3A #BBC73A #75C73A

triadic

#BBC73A #3ABBC7 #C73ABB

tetradic

#BBC73A #3AC78C #463AC7 #C73A75

square

#BBC73A #3AC78C #463AC7 #C73A75

split-complementary

#BBC73A #3A75C7 #8C3AC7

monochromatic

#62691E #8F982B #BBC73A #CBD56A #DCE299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BBC73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC73A

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC73A	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.159 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d779',
    500: '#bbc73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc73a;
$custom-light: #d3d779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79532,
    "c": 0.15902,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC73A

secondary

#383273

accent

#49DF56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC73A

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

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