#BBC917#BBC917

#BBC917 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.176 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC917
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 88.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -23.67, 74.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 78.63, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0739 0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.176 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5362, 52.4008, 8.7367)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC917 #2517C9

analogous

#C97E17 #BBC917 #62C917

triadic

#BBC917 #17BBC9 #C917BB

tetradic

#BBC917 #17C97E #2517C9 #C91762

square

#BBC917 #17C97E #2517C9 #C91762

split-complementary

#BBC917 #1762C9 #7E17C9

monochromatic

#555B0A #889211 #BBC917 #DAE835 #E4EE6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BBC917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC917

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC917	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.176 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d96c',
    500: '#bbc917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc917;
$custom-light: #d4d96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.719,
    "s": 79.464,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79813,
    "c": 0.17633,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC917

secondary

#231D67

accent

#32F641

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC917

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

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