#BBD32B#BBD32B

#BBD32B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.180 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD32B
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 43)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 79.6%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -27.91, 72.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 78.10, 110.94°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.0844 0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.18 118)
XYZ	xyz(44.2249, 57.3282, 11.0207)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD32B #432BD3

analogous

#D3972B #BBD32B #67D32B

triadic

#BBD32B #2BBBD3 #D32BBB

tetradic

#BBD32B #2BD397 #432BD3 #D32B67

square

#BBD32B #2BD397 #432BD3 #D32B67

split-complementary

#BBD32B #2B67D3 #972BD3

monochromatic

#616D16 #8EA021 #BBD32B #CCDE5D #DCE890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD32B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#BBD32B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD32B

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD32B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD32B	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC83C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd32b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.180 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e074',
    500: '#bbd32b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd32b;
$custom-light: #d4e074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd32b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8212,
    "c": 0.17981,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.57328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD32B

secondary

#362C77

accent

#3FE957

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD32B

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

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