#BBD03B#BBD03B

#BBD03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.168 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD03B
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 59)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 71.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -25.79, 67.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 72.07, 110.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0773 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.168 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.8398, 55.9928, 12.6350)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD03B #503BD0

analogous

#D09A3B #BBD03B #71D03B

triadic

#BBD03B #3BBBD0 #D03BBB

tetradic

#BBD03B #3BD09A #503BD0 #D03B71

square

#BBD03B #3BD09A #503BD0 #D03B71

split-complementary

#BBD03B #3B71D0 #9A3BD0

monochromatic

#68751C #94A628 #BBD03B #CCDC6C #DDE89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBD03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#BBD03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD03B

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD03B	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.168 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de7b',
    500: '#bbd03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd03b;
$custom-light: #d3de7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.456,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81539,
    "c": 0.16829,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD03B

secondary

#3D327D

accent

#43E45A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD03B

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

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