#BBC749#BBC749

#BBC749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.149 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC749
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 63.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -20.60, 59.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 63.00, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0615 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.149 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1206, 51.8934, 14.0996)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC749 #5549C7

analogous

#C79449 #BBC749 #7CC749

triadic

#BBC749 #49BBC7 #C749BB

tetradic

#BBC749 #49C794 #5549C7 #C7497C

square

#BBC749 #49C794 #5549C7 #C7497C

split-complementary

#BBC749 #497CC7 #9449C7

monochromatic

#6B7223 #97A132 #BBC749 #CCD578 #DEE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BBC749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC749

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC749	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.149 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d782',
    500: '#bbc749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc749;
$custom-light: #d2d782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7965,
    "c": 0.14863,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC749

secondary

#3F397B

accent

#4BDC59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC749

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

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