#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
RGBrgb(187, 199, 60)
HSLhsl(65, 55%, 51%)
HSVhsv(65, 70%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 0%, 69.8%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(77.12, -21.37, 64.50)
CIE-LCHlch(77.12, 67.95, 108.33°)
OKLaboklab(79.55% -0.0649 0.1438)
OKLCHoklch(79.55% 0.158 114.3)
XYZxyz(41.7337, 51.7387, 12.0622)
Luminance0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##BBC73C1.001.8511.3511.35
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3521.001.001.00
##00000011.3521.001.001.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC73C

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#BBC73C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva