#BBC73C#BBC73C
#BBC73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.158 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBC73C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 199, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(65, 55%, 51%) |
| HSV | hsv(65, 70%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(6%, 0%, 69.8%, 22%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.12, -21.37, 64.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.12, 67.95, 108.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.55% -0.0649 0.1438) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.55% 0.158 114.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.7337, 51.7387, 12.0622) |
| Luminance | 0.5174 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 2.87
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 2.91
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.73
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.88
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.19
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 4.89
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBC73C #483CC7
analogous
#C78D3C #BBC73C #75C73C
triadic
#BBC73C #3CBBC7 #C73CBB
tetradic
#BBC73C #3CC78D #483CC7 #C73C75
square
#BBC73C #3CC78D #483CC7 #C73C75
split-complementary
#BBC73C #3C75C7 #8D3CC7
monochromatic
#646A1E #909A2C #BBC73C #CCD56C #DCE29B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.85
#BBC73C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.35
#BBC73C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBC73C
11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBC73C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBC73C | 1.00 | 1.85 | 11.35 | 11.35 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.85 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.35 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BD25
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C047
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C7BBAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbc73c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.158 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d3d77a',
500: '#bbc73c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbc73c; $custom-light: #d3d77a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbc73c",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 199,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 65.18,
"s": 55.378,
"l": 50.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79546,
"c": 0.15775,
"h": 114.3
},
"luminance": 0.51738
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBC73C
secondary
#393374
accent
#49DF56
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#15140A
muted
#84837D