#BBC420#BBC420

#BBC420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.169 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC420
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 32)
HSL	hsl(63, 72%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 84%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 83.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -21.01, 72.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 75.06, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.0661 0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.169 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4955, 50.1499, 8.9129)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC420 #2920C4

analogous

#C47B20 #BBC420 #69C420

triadic

#BBC420 #20BBC4 #C420BB

tetradic

#BBC420 #20C47B #2920C4 #C42069

square

#BBC420 #20C47B #2920C4 #C42069

split-complementary

#BBC420 #2069C4 #7B20C4

monochromatic

#575B0F #898F17 #BBC420 #D7E041 #E2E976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBC420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC420

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC420	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.169 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4d56e',
    500: '#bbc420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc420;
$custom-light: #d4d56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.293,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78731,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC420

secondary

#262266

accent

#39EF43

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151408

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC420

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

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