#BBCB45#BBCB45

#BBCB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.156 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB45
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -22.81, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 66.31, 110.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0681 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.156 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9246, 53.7070, 13.7343)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB45 #5545CB

analogous

#CB9845 #BBCB45 #78CB45

triadic

#BBCB45 #45BBCB #CB45BB

tetradic

#BBCB45 #45CB98 #5545CB #CB4578

square

#BBCB45 #45CB98 #5545CB #CB4578

split-complementary

#BBCB45 #4578CB #9845CB

monochromatic

#6B7521 #97A52E #BBCB45 #CCD875 #DEE6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBCB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BBCB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB45

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB45	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)

#D9C132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.156 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da80',
    500: '#bbcb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb45;
$custom-light: #d2da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.164,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80501,
    "c": 0.15613,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB45

secondary

#3F377E

accent

#48E05A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB45

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

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