#BBD33B#BBD33B

#BBD33B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.172 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD33B
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 59)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 72%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -27.23, 68.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 73.34, 111.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.21% -0.0812 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(82.21% 0.172 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.5782, 57.4695, 12.8812)
Luminance	0.5747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD33B #533BD3

analogous

#D39F3B #BBD33B #6FD33B

triadic

#BBD33B #3BBBD3 #D33BBB

tetradic

#BBD33B #3BD39F #533BD3 #D33B6F

square

#BBD33B #3BD39F #533BD3 #D33B6F

split-complementary

#BBD33B #3B6FD3 #9F3BD3

monochromatic

#6A791B #96AB26 #BBD33B #CCDE6D #DEE99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#BBD33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD33B

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD33B	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.172 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e07b',
    500: '#bbd33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd33b;
$custom-light: #d3e07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82209,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD33B

secondary

#3E3281

accent

#41E65B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD33B

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

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