#BBC949#BBC949

#BBC949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.151 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC949
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -21.58, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 63.87, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.0642 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.151 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.5837, 52.8198, 14.2540)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC949 #5749C9

analogous

#C99749 #BBC949 #7BC949

triadic

#BBC949 #49BBC9 #C949BB

tetradic

#BBC949 #49C997 #5749C9 #C9497B

square

#BBC949 #49C997 #5749C9 #C9497B

split-complementary

#BBC949 #497BC9 #9749C9

monochromatic

#6C7523 #97A431 #BBC949 #CDD778 #DEE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BBC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC949

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC949	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)

#D7BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.151 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d982',
    500: '#bbc949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc949;
$custom-light: #d2d982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.563,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80092,
    "c": 0.15091,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC949

secondary

#40397E

accent

#4ADE5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC949

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

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