#BBC83B#BBC83B

#BBC83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.159 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC83B
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -21.91, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 68.72, 108.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.0665 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.159 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.9384, 52.1899, 12.0012)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC83B #483BC8

analogous

#C88E3B #BBC83B #74C83B

triadic

#BBC83B #3BBBC8 #C83BBB

tetradic

#BBC83B #3BC88E #483BC8 #C83B74

square

#BBC83B #3BC88E #483BC8 #C83B74

split-complementary

#BBC83B #3B74C8 #8E3BC8

monochromatic

#646B1E #909A2B #BBC83B #CCD56B #DCE39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#BBC83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC83B

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC83B	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)

#D6BE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.159 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d87a',
    500: '#bbc83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc83b;
$custom-light: #d3d87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.532,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7976,
    "c": 0.15948,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC83B

secondary

#393374

accent

#48DF56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC83B

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

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