#BBD43B#BBD43B

#BBD43B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.173 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD43B
RGB	rgb(187, 212, 59)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 72.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -27.70, 68.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 73.77, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.43% -0.0826 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(82.43% 0.173 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8274, 57.9679, 12.9642)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD43B #543BD4

analogous

#D4A03B #BBD43B #6ED43B

triadic

#BBD43B #3BBBD4 #D43BBB

tetradic

#BBD43B #3BD4A0 #543BD4 #D43B6E

square

#BBD43B #3BD4A0 #543BD4 #D43B6E

split-complementary

#BBD43B #3B6ED4 #A03BD4

monochromatic

#6A7A1B #96AC26 #BBD43B #CCDF6D #DEEA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBD43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#BBD43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD43B

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD43B	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 212, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.173 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e17b',
    500: '#bbd43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd43b;
$custom-light: #d3e17b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.804,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82433,
    "c": 0.17277,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD43B

secondary

#3F3182

accent

#41E75C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD43B

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

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