#BBCA49#BBCA49

#BBCA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.152 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA49
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -22.07, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 64.31, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0656 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.152 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.8176, 53.2875, 14.3320)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA49 #5849CA

analogous

#CA9949 #BBCA49 #7BCA49

triadic

#BBCA49 #49BBCA #CA49BB

tetradic

#BBCA49 #49CA99 #5849CA #CA497B

square

#BBCA49 #49CA99 #5849CA #CA497B

split-complementary

#BBCA49 #497BCA #9949CA

monochromatic

#6C7622 #98A630 #BBCA49 #CDD878 #DEE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBCA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#BBCA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA49

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA49	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.152 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da82',
    500: '#bbca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca49;
$custom-light: #d2da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.977,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80313,
    "c": 0.15206,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA49

secondary

#41387F

accent

#4ADE5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA49

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

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