#BBC831#BBC831

#BBC831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.165 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC831
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 49)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -22.38, 68.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 72.02, 108.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.0687 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.165 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.7034, 52.0959, 10.7638)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC831 #3E31C8

analogous

#C88A31 #BBC831 #6FC831

triadic

#BBC831 #31BBC8 #C831BB

tetradic

#BBC831 #31C88A #3E31C8 #C8316F

square

#BBC831 #31C88A #3E31C8 #C8316F

split-complementary

#BBC831 #316FC8 #8A31C8

monochromatic

#5F6619 #8D9725 #BBC831 #CDD85F #DCE490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#BBC831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC831

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC831	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.165 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d875',
    500: '#bbc831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc831;
$custom-light: #d3d875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.166,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79698,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC831

secondary

#332D70

accent

#44E452

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC831

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

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