#BBD23B#BBD23B

#BBD23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.171 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD23B
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 59)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 71.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -26.75, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 72.91, 111.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0799 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.171 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3305, 56.9742, 12.7986)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD23B #523BD2

analogous

#D29D3B #BBD23B #6FD23B

triadic

#BBD23B #3BBBD2 #D23BBB

tetradic

#BBD23B #3BD29D #523BD2 #D23B6F

square

#BBD23B #3BD29D #523BD2 #D23B6F

split-complementary

#BBD23B #3B6FD2 #9D3BD2

monochromatic

#69771B #95A927 #BBD23B #CCDD6D #DEE99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBD23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#BBD23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD23B

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD23B	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.171 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df7b',
    500: '#bbd23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd23b;
$custom-light: #d3df7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.139,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81985,
    "c": 0.17052,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD23B

secondary

#3E327F

accent

#42E65B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD23B

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

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