#BBC242#BBC242

#BBC242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.148 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC242
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 66)
HSL	hsl(63, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -18.55, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 63.64, 106.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0564 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.148 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7698, 49.5426, 12.5682)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC242 #4942C2

analogous

#C28942 #BBC242 #7BC242

triadic

#BBC242 #42BBC2 #C242BB

tetradic

#BBC242 #42C289 #4942C2 #C2427B

square

#BBC242 #42C289 #4942C2 #C2427B

split-complementary

#BBC242 #427BC2 #8942C2

monochromatic

#646822 #919631 #BBC242 #CCD170 #DCE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BBC242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC242

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC242	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.148 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d47d',
    500: '#bbc242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc242;
$custom-light: #d3d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.281,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78489,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC242

secondary

#9794CC

accent

#4DDB55

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC242

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

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