#BBCC49#BBCC49

#BBCC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.154 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC49
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 64.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -23.05, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 65.20, 110.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0683 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.154 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2899, 54.2321, 14.4894)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC49 #5A49CC

analogous

#CC9B49 #BBCC49 #7ACC49

triadic

#BBCC49 #49BBCC #CC49BB

tetradic

#BBCC49 #49CC9B #5A49CC #CC497A

square

#BBCC49 #49CC9B #5A49CC #CC497A

split-complementary

#BBCC49 #497ACC #9B49CC

monochromatic

#6D7922 #99A92F #BBCC49 #CDD979 #DFE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BBCC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC49

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC49	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.154 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db82',
    500: '#bbcc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc49;
$custom-light: #d2db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.786,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80756,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC49

secondary

#423881

accent

#48E05C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC49

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

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