#BBD949#BBD949

#BBD949 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.170 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD949
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 73)
HSL	hsl(73, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(73, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 66.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.20, -29.28, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.20, 71.06, 114.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.65% -0.0857 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(83.65% 0.17 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5097, 60.6717, 15.5627)
Luminance	0.6067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD949 #6749D9

analogous

#D9AF49 #BBD949 #73D949

triadic

#BBD949 #49BBD9 #D949BB

tetradic

#BBD949 #49D9AF #6749D9 #D94973

square

#BBD949 #49D9AF #6749D9 #D94973

split-complementary

#BBD949 #4973D9 #AF49D9

monochromatic

#748B1D #9EBD28 #BBD949 #CEE47C #E1EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BBD949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#BBD949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD949

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD949	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.170 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e483',
    500: '#bbd949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd949;
$custom-light: #d3e483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.5,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83654,
    "c": 0.16955,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD949

secondary

#493691

accent

#3FE863

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD949

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

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