#BBCB49#BBCB49

#BBCB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.153 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB49
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(67, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -22.56, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 64.76, 110.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.067 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.153 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.0530, 53.7583, 14.4104)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB49 #5949CB

analogous

#CB9A49 #BBCB49 #7ACB49

triadic

#BBCB49 #49BBCB #CB49BB

tetradic

#BBCB49 #49CB9A #5949CB #CB497A

square

#BBCB49 #49CB9A #5949CB #CB497A

split-complementary

#BBCB49 #497ACB #9A49CB

monochromatic

#6D7722 #98A730 #BBCB49 #CDD979 #DFE6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBCB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BBCB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB49

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB49	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)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.153 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da82',
    500: '#bbcb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb49;
$custom-light: #d2da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.385,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80534,
    "c": 0.1532,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB49

secondary

#413880

accent

#49DF5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB49

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

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