#BBBC40#BBBC40

#BBBC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.143 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC40
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.13, -15.66, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.13, 61.98, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0485 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.143 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4034, 46.9025, 11.8269)
Luminance	0.4690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC40 #4140BC

analogous

#BC7F40 #BBBC40 #7DBC40

triadic

#BBBC40 #40BBBC #BC40BB

tetradic

#BBBC40 #40BC7F #4140BC #BC407D

square

#BBBC40 #40BC7F #4140BC #BC407D

split-complementary

#BBBC40 #407DBC #7F40BC

monochromatic

#606121 #8E8E30 #BBBC40 #CCCD6C #DCDD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#BBBC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC40

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC40	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.143 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf7c',
    500: '#bbbc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc40;
$custom-light: #d3cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77157,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC40

secondary

#908FC9

accent

#4FD950

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC40

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

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