#BBC83A#BBC83A

#BBC83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.160 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC83A
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 58)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -21.96, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 69.07, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0667 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.16 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9127, 52.1796, 11.8659)
Luminance	0.5218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC83A #473AC8

analogous

#C88E3A #BBC83A #74C83A

triadic

#BBC83A #3ABBC8 #C83ABB

tetradic

#BBC83A #3AC88E #473AC8 #C83A74

square

#BBC83A #3AC88E #473AC8 #C83A74

split-complementary

#BBC83A #3A74C8 #8E3AC8

monochromatic

#636A1E #909A2B #BBC83A #CCD56A #DCE39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BBC83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC83A

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC83A	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.160 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d87a',
    500: '#bbc83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc83a;
$custom-light: #d3d87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.493,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79754,
    "c": 0.16009,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC83A

secondary

#383274

accent

#48E056

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC83A

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

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