#BBBC42#BBBC42

#BBBC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.142 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC42
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(60, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -15.54, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 61.18, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.048 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.142 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.4614, 46.9257, 12.1321)
Luminance	0.4693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC42 #4342BC

analogous

#BC8042 #BBBC42 #7EBC42

triadic

#BBBC42 #42BBBC #BC42BB

tetradic

#BBBC42 #42BC80 #4342BC #BC427E

square

#BBBC42 #42BC80 #4342BC #BC427E

split-complementary

#BBBC42 #427EBC #8042BC

monochromatic

#616122 #8E8F32 #BBBC42 #CCCC6F #DCDC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#BBBC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#BBBC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC42

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC42	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.142 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2cf7d',
    500: '#bbbc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc42;
$custom-light: #d2cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.492,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77173,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC42

secondary

#9291C9

accent

#50D851

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14130A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC42

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

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