#BBCA48#BBCA48

#BBCA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.153 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA48
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 72)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 64.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -22.14, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 64.71, 110.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.0659 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.153 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7847, 53.2744, 14.1588)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA48 #5748CA

analogous

#CA9848 #BBCA48 #7ACA48

triadic

#BBCA48 #48BBCA #CA48BB

tetradic

#BBCA48 #48CA98 #5748CA #CA487A

square

#BBCA48 #48CA98 #5748CA #CA487A

split-complementary

#BBCA48 #487ACA #9848CA

monochromatic

#6C7622 #97A530 #BBCA48 #CDD877 #DEE5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBCA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BBCA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA48

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA48	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.153 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da81',
    500: '#bbca48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca48;
$custom-light: #d2da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 55.085,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80304,
    "c": 0.1528,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA48

secondary

#40387E

accent

#49DE5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA48

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

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