#BBC847#BBC847

#BBC847 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.151 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC847
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 71)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 64.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -21.22, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 64.23, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0634 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.151 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.2862, 52.3290, 13.8329)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC847 #5447C8

analogous

#C89547 #BBC847 #7AC847

triadic

#BBC847 #47BBC8 #C847BB

tetradic

#BBC847 #47C895 #5447C8 #C8477A

square

#BBC847 #47C895 #5447C8 #C8477A

split-complementary

#BBC847 #477AC8 #9547C8

monochromatic

#6A7222 #96A230 #BBC847 #CCD676 #DEE4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC847 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BBC847 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC847

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC847	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC847	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc847;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.151 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d881',
    500: '#bbc847',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc847;
$custom-light: #d2d881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc847",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.047,
    "s": 53.975,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79853,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC847

secondary

#3F387B

accent

#4ADD59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC847

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

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