#BBC918#BBC918

#BBC918 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	#BBC918
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 24)
HSL	hsl(65, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 88.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -23.65, 74.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 78.46, 107.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0738 0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.176 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5464, 52.4048, 8.7905)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC918 #2618C9

analogous

#C97F18 #BBC918 #63C918

triadic

#BBC918 #18BBC9 #C918BB

tetradic

#BBC918 #18C97F #2618C9 #C91863

square

#BBC918 #18C97F #2618C9 #C91863

split-complementary

#BBC918 #1863C9 #7F18C9

monochromatic

#555C0B #889211 #BBC918 #D9E737 #E4EE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC918 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#BBC918 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC918

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC918	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC918	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)

#D8C12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc918;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.176 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d96c',
    500: '#bbc918',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc918;
$custom-light: #d4d96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc918",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.746,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79816,
    "c": 0.17607,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC918

secondary

#241E67

accent

#33F542

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC918

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

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