#BBC042#BBC042

#BBC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.146 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC042
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(62, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(62, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -17.55, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 62.81, 106.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.0536 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.146 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.3277, 48.6584, 12.4208)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC042 #4742C0

analogous

#C08642 #BBC042 #7CC042

triadic

#BBC042 #42BBC0 #C042BB

tetradic

#BBC042 #42C086 #4742C0 #C0427C

square

#BBC042 #42C086 #4742C0 #C0427C

split-complementary

#BBC042 #427CC0 #8642C0

monochromatic

#636622 #909431 #BBC042 #CCCF70 #DCDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#BBC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC042

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC042	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)

#CEB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.146 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d27d',
    500: '#bbc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc042;
$custom-light: #d2d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.381,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78049,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC042

secondary

#9593CB

accent

#4EDA54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC042

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

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