#BBC02A#BBC02A

#BBC02A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.160 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC02A
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(62, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 78.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.10, -18.71, 68.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.10, 71.04, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.059 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.16 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.7625, 48.4323, 9.4438)
Luminance	0.4843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC02A #2F2AC0

analogous

#C07A2A #BBC02A #70C02A

triadic

#BBC02A #2ABBC0 #C02ABB

tetradic

#BBC02A #2AC07A #2F2AC0 #C02A70

square

#BBC02A #2AC07A #2F2AC0 #C02A70

split-complementary

#BBC02A #2A70C0 #7A2AC0

monochromatic

#595C14 #8A8E1F #BBC02A #D4D84F #E0E381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#BBC02A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#BBC02A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC02A

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC02A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC02A	1.00	1.97	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc02a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.160 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d271',
    500: '#bbc02a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc02a;
$custom-light: #d3d271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc02a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77891,
    "c": 0.16045,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC02A

secondary

#7C7ACC

accent

#41E746

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FBF9ED

border

#D4D2C8

text

#151408

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC02A

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

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