#BBCA3B#BBCA3B

#BBCA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.162 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA3B
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -22.89, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 69.55, 109.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0692 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.162 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.4046, 53.1223, 12.1566)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA3B #4A3BCA

analogous

#CA913B #BBCA3B #73CA3B

triadic

#BBCA3B #3BBBCA #CA3BBB

tetradic

#BBCA3B #3BCA91 #4A3BCA #CA3B73

square

#BBCA3B #3BCA91 #4A3BCA #CA3B73

split-complementary

#BBCA3B #3B73CA #913BCA

monochromatic

#656D1E #919D2B #BBCA3B #CCD76B #DCE49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBCA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BBCA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA3B

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA3B	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.162 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da7a',
    500: '#bbca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca3b;
$custom-light: #d3da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.294,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80204,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA3B

secondary

#3A3377

accent

#47E157

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA3B

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

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