#BBCB47#BBCB47

#BBCB47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.155 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB47
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 71)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 65%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -22.69, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 65.54, 110.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0675 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.155 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9878, 53.7322, 14.0668)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB47 #5747CB

analogous

#CB9947 #BBCB47 #79CB47

triadic

#BBCB47 #47BBCB #CB47BB

tetradic

#BBCB47 #47CB99 #5747CB #CB4779

square

#BBCB47 #47CB99 #5747CB #CB4779

split-complementary

#BBCB47 #4779CB #9947CB

monochromatic

#6C7621 #97A62F #BBCB47 #CDD877 #DEE6A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBCB47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BBCB47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB47

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB47	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.155 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da81',
    500: '#bbcb47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb47;
$custom-light: #d2da81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80517,
    "c": 0.15468,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB47

secondary

#40377F

accent

#49DF5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB47

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

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