#BBD027#BBD027

#BBD027 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.178 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD027
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 81.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -26.62, 73.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 77.92, 109.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0811 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.178 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4168, 55.8236, 10.4069)
Luminance	0.5582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD027 #3C27D0

analogous

#D09027 #BBD027 #66D027

triadic

#BBD027 #27BBD0 #D027BB

tetradic

#BBD027 #27D090 #3C27D0 #D02766

square

#BBD027 #27D090 #3C27D0 #D02766

split-complementary

#BBD027 #2766D0 #9027D0

monochromatic

#5E6914 #8D9C1D #BBD027 #CEDF55 #DDE989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBD027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#BBD027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD027

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD027	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.178 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4de72',
    500: '#bbd027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd027;
$custom-light: #d4de72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.456,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.17827,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD027

secondary

#322873

accent

#3DEB52

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD027

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

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