#BBC947#BBC947

#BBC947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.152 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC947
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 71)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(66, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -21.71, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 64.67, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0648 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.152 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5185, 52.7937, 13.9104)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC947 #5547C9

analogous

#C99647 #BBC947 #7AC947

triadic

#BBC947 #47BBC9 #C947BB

tetradic

#BBC947 #47C996 #5547C9 #C9477A

square

#BBC947 #47C996 #5547C9 #C9477A

split-complementary

#BBC947 #477AC9 #9647C9

monochromatic

#6B7422 #97A330 #BBC947 #CCD776 #DEE5A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BBC947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC947

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC947	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.152 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d981',
    500: '#bbc947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc947;
$custom-light: #d2d981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80074,
    "c": 0.1524,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC947

secondary

#3F387D

accent

#4ADE5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC947

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

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