#BBC040#BBC040

#BBC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.148 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC040
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -17.67, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 63.59, 106.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0542 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.148 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2698, 48.6352, 12.1157)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC040 #4540C0

analogous

#C08540 #BBC040 #7BC040

triadic

#BBC040 #40BBC0 #C040BB

tetradic

#BBC040 #40C085 #4540C0 #C0407B

square

#BBC040 #40C085 #4540C0 #C0407B

split-complementary

#BBC040 #407BC0 #8540C0

monochromatic

#626421 #8F9230 #BBC040 #CBCF6E #DCDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BBC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC040

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC040	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.148 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d27c',
    500: '#bbc040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc040;
$custom-light: #d3d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.344,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78033,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC040

secondary

#9491CB

accent

#4EDA53

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC040

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

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