#BBCB44#BBCB44

#BBCB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.157 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB44
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 68)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 66.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -22.87, 62.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 66.70, 110.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0683 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.157 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8939, 53.6946, 13.5722)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB44 #5444CB

analogous

#CB9744 #BBCB44 #77CB44

triadic

#BBCB44 #44BBCB #CB44BB

tetradic

#BBCB44 #44CB97 #5444CB #CB4477

square

#BBCB44 #44CB97 #5444CB #CB4477

split-complementary

#BBCB44 #4477CB #9744CB

monochromatic

#6A7420 #96A42E #BBCB44 #CCD874 #DEE6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBCB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BBCB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB44

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB44	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.157 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da7f',
    500: '#bbcb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb44;
$custom-light: #d3da7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.111,
    "s": 56.485,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80493,
    "c": 0.15683,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB44

secondary

#3F367D

accent

#48E05A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB44

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

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