#BBCE3B#BBCE3B

#BBCE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.166 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE3B
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 59)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 71.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -24.83, 66.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 71.22, 110.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0746 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.166 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.3553, 55.0237, 12.4735)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE3B #4E3BCE

analogous

#CE983B #BBCE3B #72CE3B

triadic

#BBCE3B #3BBBCE #CE3BBB

tetradic

#BBCE3B #3BCE98 #4E3BCE #CE3B72

square

#BBCE3B #3BCE98 #4E3BCE #CE3B72

split-complementary

#BBCE3B #3B72CE #983BCE

monochromatic

#67721D #93A329 #BBCE3B #CCDA6C #DDE69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#BBCE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE3B

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE3B	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.166 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc7b',
    500: '#bbce3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce3b;
$custom-light: #d3dc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.755,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81093,
    "c": 0.16606,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE3B

secondary

#3C327B

accent

#45E359

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE3B

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

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