#BBC140#BBC140

#BBC140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.149 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC140
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.50, -18.17, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.50, 64.00, 106.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0556 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.149 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.4901, 49.0758, 12.1892)
Luminance	0.4908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC140 #4640C1

analogous

#C18740 #BBC140 #7AC140

triadic

#BBC140 #40BBC1 #C140BB

tetradic

#BBC140 #40C187 #4640C1 #C1407A

square

#BBC140 #40C187 #4640C1 #C1407A

split-complementary

#BBC140 #407AC1 #8740C1

monochromatic

#626621 #8F9430 #BBC140 #CBD06E #DCDF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BBC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC140

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC140	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.149 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d37c',
    500: '#bbc140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc140;
$custom-light: #d3d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.791,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78253,
    "c": 0.14861,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC140

secondary

#9492CB

accent

#4DDA54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC140

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

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