#BBC142#BBC142

#BBC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.147 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC142
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -18.05, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 63.23, 106.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.055 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.147 112)
XYZ	xyz(40.5480, 49.0990, 12.4943)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC142 #4842C1

analogous

#C18842 #BBC142 #7BC142

triadic

#BBC142 #42BBC1 #C142BB

tetradic

#BBC142 #42C188 #4842C1 #C1427B

square

#BBC142 #42C188 #4842C1 #C1427B

split-complementary

#BBC142 #427BC1 #8842C1

monochromatic

#646722 #909531 #BBC142 #CCD070 #DCDF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#BBC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC142

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC142	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)

#CFB830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.147 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d37d',
    500: '#bbc142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc142;
$custom-light: #d2d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.835,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78269,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC142

secondary

#9693CC

accent

#4EDA54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC142

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

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