#BBC73F#BBC73F

#BBC73F 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	#BBC73F
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 63)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 68.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -21.20, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 66.86, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0641 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.156 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8153, 51.7713, 12.4918)
Luminance	0.5177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC73F #4B3FC7

analogous

#C78F3F #BBC73F #77C73F

triadic

#BBC73F #3FBBC7 #C73FBB

tetradic

#BBC73F #3FC78F #4B3FC7 #C73F77

square

#BBC73F #3FC78F #4B3FC7 #C73F77

split-complementary

#BBC73F #3F77C7 #8F3FC7

monochromatic

#656C20 #929B2D #BBC73F #CCD56E #DDE39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC73F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BBC73F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC73F

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC73F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC73F	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)

#D5BD2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc73f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.156 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d77c',
    500: '#bbc73f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc73f;
$custom-light: #d3d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc73f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79568,
    "c": 0.1558,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC73F

secondary

#3A3476

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC73F

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

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