#BBC240#BBC240

#BBC240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.150 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC240
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(63, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -18.67, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 64.41, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.057 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.15 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7119, 49.5194, 12.2631)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC240 #4740C2

analogous

#C28840 #BBC240 #7AC240

triadic

#BBC240 #40BBC2 #C240BB

tetradic

#BBC240 #40C288 #4740C2 #C2407A

square

#BBC240 #40C288 #4740C2 #C2407A

split-complementary

#BBC240 #407AC2 #8840C2

monochromatic

#636721 #909530 #BBC240 #CCD16E #DCE09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BBC240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC240

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC240	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.150 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d47c',
    500: '#bbc240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc240;
$custom-light: #d3d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.231,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78473,
    "c": 0.14969,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC240

secondary

#9592CC

accent

#4DDB54

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC240

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

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