#BBCD48#BBCD48

#BBCD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.156 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD48
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 72)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(68, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -23.60, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 66.03, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.07 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.156 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4955, 54.6959, 14.3957)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD48 #5A48CD

analogous

#CD9D48 #BBCD48 #79CD48

triadic

#BBCD48 #48BBCD #CD48BB

tetradic

#BBCD48 #48CD9D #5A48CD #CD4879

square

#BBCD48 #48CD9D #5A48CD #CD4879

split-complementary

#BBCD48 #4879CD #9D48CD

monochromatic

#6D7921 #99A92E #BBCD48 #CDDA78 #DFE7A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBCD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#BBCD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD48

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD48	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.156 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc82',
    500: '#bbcd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd48;
$custom-light: #d2dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.12,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80969,
    "c": 0.15624,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD48

secondary

#423882

accent

#47E05C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD48

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

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