#BBC73E#BBC73E

#BBC73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.156 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC73E
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 62)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 68.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -21.26, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 67.23, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0644 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.156 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7876, 51.7602, 12.3459)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC73E #4A3EC7

analogous

#C78E3E #BBC73E #76C73E

triadic

#BBC73E #3EBBC7 #C73EBB

tetradic

#BBC73E #3EC78E #4A3EC7 #C73E76

square

#BBC73E #3EC78E #4A3EC7 #C73E76

split-complementary

#BBC73E #3E76C7 #8E3EC7

monochromatic

#656B1F #919B2D #BBC73E #CCD56D #DCE39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BBC73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC73E

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC73E	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)

#D5BD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.156 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d77c',
    500: '#bbc73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc73e;
$custom-light: #d3d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7956,
    "c": 0.15646,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC73E

secondary

#3A3475

accent

#49DE56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC73E

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

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