#BBC849#BBC849

#BBC849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.150 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC849
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(66, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 63.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -21.09, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 63.43, 109.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0628 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.15 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3514, 52.3551, 14.1766)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC849 #5649C8

analogous

#C89549 #BBC849 #7BC849

triadic

#BBC849 #49BBC8 #C849BB

tetradic

#BBC849 #49C895 #5649C8 #C8497B

square

#BBC849 #49C895 #5649C8 #C8497B

split-complementary

#BBC849 #497BC8 #9549C8

monochromatic

#6B7423 #97A331 #BBC849 #CDD678 #DEE4A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BBC849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC849

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC849	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)

#D6BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.150 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d882',
    500: '#bbc849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc849;
$custom-light: #d2d882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.142,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79871,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC849

secondary

#40397D

accent

#4BDD5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC849

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

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