#BBCD49#BBCD49

#BBCD49 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	#BBCD49
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -23.53, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 65.64, 111.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0697 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.156 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5284, 54.7090, 14.5689)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD49 #5B49CD

analogous

#CD9D49 #BBCD49 #79CD49

triadic

#BBCD49 #49BBCD #CD49BB

tetradic

#BBCD49 #49CD9D #5B49CD #CD4979

square

#BBCD49 #49CD9D #5B49CD #CD4979

split-complementary

#BBCD49 #4979CD #9D49CD

monochromatic

#6E7A22 #99AA2F #BBCD49 #CDDA79 #DFE7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBCD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#BBCD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD49

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD49	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)

#DAC337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.156 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc82',
    500: '#bbcd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd49;
$custom-light: #d2dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80978,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD49

secondary

#423882

accent

#48E05C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD49

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

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