#BBD049#BBD049

#BBD049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.159 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD049
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 73)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 64.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -24.99, 62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 66.98, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0737 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.159 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2529, 56.1580, 14.8104)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD049 #5E49D0

analogous

#D0A149 #BBD049 #78D049

triadic

#BBD049 #49BBD0 #D049BB

tetradic

#BBD049 #49D0A1 #5E49D0 #D04978

square

#BBD049 #49D0A1 #5E49D0 #D04978

split-complementary

#BBD049 #4978D0 #A149D0

monochromatic

#707E21 #9BAF2D #BBD049 #CDDD7A #DFE9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBD049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#BBD049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD049

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD049	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.159 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2de82',
    500: '#bbd049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd049;
$custom-light: #d2de82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81645,
    "c": 0.15899,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD049

secondary

#443886

accent

#46E25E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD049

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

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