#BBC93B#BBC93B

#BBC93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.161 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC93B
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -22.40, 65.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 69.13, 108.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.0679 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.161 115)
XYZ	xyz(42.1707, 52.6546, 12.0787)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC93B #493BC9

analogous

#C9903B #BBC93B #74C93B

triadic

#BBC93B #3BBBC9 #C93BBB

tetradic

#BBC93B #3BC990 #493BC9 #C93B74

square

#BBC93B #3BC990 #493BC9 #C93B74

split-complementary

#BBC93B #3B74C9 #903BC9

monochromatic

#646C1E #919C2B #BBC93B #CCD66B #DCE39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BBC93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC93B

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC93B	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.161 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d97a',
    500: '#bbc93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc93b;
$custom-light: #d3d97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.915,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79982,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.52654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC93B

secondary

#393376

accent

#48E057

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC93B

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

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