#BBC342#BBC342

#BBC342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.149 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC342
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -19.05, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 64.06, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0578 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.149 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9932, 49.9892, 12.6426)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC342 #4A42C3

analogous

#C38A42 #BBC342 #7AC342

triadic

#BBC342 #42BBC3 #C342BB

tetradic

#BBC342 #42C38A #4A42C3 #C3427A

square

#BBC342 #42C38A #4A42C3 #C3427A

split-complementary

#BBC342 #427AC3 #8A42C3

monochromatic

#656921 #919830 #BBC342 #CCD270 #DCE09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BBC342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC342

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC342	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.149 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d57d',
    500: '#bbc342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc342;
$custom-light: #d3d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.721,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78709,
    "c": 0.14936,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC342

secondary

#9794CD

accent

#4DDB55

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#14140A

muted

#83837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC342

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

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