#BBD233#BBD233

#BBD233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.175 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD233
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 51)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 75.7%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -27.12, 70.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 75.45, 111.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0816 0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.175 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.1387, 56.8975, 11.7884)
Luminance	0.5690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD233 #4A33D2

analogous

#D29933 #BBD233 #6BD233

triadic

#BBD233 #33BBD2 #D233BB

tetradic

#BBD233 #33D299 #4A33D2 #D2336B

square

#BBD233 #33D299 #4A33D2 #D2336B

split-complementary

#BBD233 #336BD2 #9933D2

monochromatic

#657219 #91A424 #BBD233 #CCDD65 #DCE897

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#BBD233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#BBD233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD233

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD233	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C606

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.175 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df77',
    500: '#bbd233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd233;
$custom-light: #d3df77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.679,
    "s": 63.855,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81937,
    "c": 0.17494,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD233

secondary

#3A2F7A

accent

#41E759

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD233

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

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