#BBC42A#BBC42A

#BBC42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.164 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC42A
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -20.69, 69.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 72.53, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0645 0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.164 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6527, 50.2127, 9.7406)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC42A #332AC4

analogous

#C4802A #BBC42A #6EC42A

triadic

#BBC42A #2ABBC4 #C42ABB

tetradic

#BBC42A #2AC480 #332AC4 #C42A6E

square

#BBC42A #2AC480 #332AC4 #C42A6E

split-complementary

#BBC42A #2A6EC4 #802AC4

monochromatic

#5B5F14 #8B921F #BBC42A #D2DA51 #DFE584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BBC42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC42A

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC42A	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)

#D3BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.164 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d572',
    500: '#bbc42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc42a;
$custom-light: #d3d572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.506,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78774,
    "c": 0.16449,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC42A

secondary

#2C286A

accent

#40E84A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC42A

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

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