#BBC429#BBC429

#BBC429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.165 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC429
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 41)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 79.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -20.73, 69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 72.81, 106.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0647 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.165 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6350, 50.2057, 9.6475)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC429 #3229C4

analogous

#C48029 #BBC429 #6EC429

triadic

#BBC429 #29BBC4 #C429BB

tetradic

#BBC429 #29C480 #3229C4 #C4296E

square

#BBC429 #29C480 #3229C4 #C4296E

split-complementary

#BBC429 #296EC4 #8029C4

monochromatic

#5A5F14 #8B911E #BBC429 #D2DA50 #DFE582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BBC429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC429

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC429	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.165 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d571',
    500: '#bbc429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc429;
$custom-light: #d3d571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.484,
    "s": 65.401,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78769,
    "c": 0.16495,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC429

secondary

#2B276A

accent

#3FE849

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC429

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

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