#BBC931#BBC931

#BBC931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.166 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC931
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 49)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 75.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -22.87, 68.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 72.41, 108.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.07 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.166 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9358, 52.5606, 10.8412)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC931 #3F31C9

analogous

#C98B31 #BBC931 #6FC931

triadic

#BBC931 #31BBC9 #C931BB

tetradic

#BBC931 #31C98B #3F31C9 #C9316F

square

#BBC931 #31C98B #3F31C9 #C9316F

split-complementary

#BBC931 #316FC9 #8B31C9

monochromatic

#5F6719 #8D9825 #BBC931 #CDD85F #DCE490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BBC931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC931

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC931	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.166 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d975',
    500: '#bbc931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc931;
$custom-light: #d3d975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.526,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7992,
    "c": 0.16627,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC931

secondary

#342D71

accent

#44E453

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC931

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

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