#BBC42F#BBC42F

#BBC42F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.162 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC42F
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 47)
HSL	hsl(64, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -20.50, 68.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 71.07, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% -0.0636 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.162 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7478, 50.2508, 10.2416)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC42F #382FC4

analogous

#C4822F #BBC42F #71C42F

triadic

#BBC42F #2FBBC4 #C42FBB

tetradic

#BBC42F #2FC482 #382FC4 #C42F71

square

#BBC42F #2FC482 #382FC4 #C42F71

split-complementary

#BBC42F #2F71C4 #822FC4

monochromatic

#5D6117 #8C9323 #BBC42F #D0D759 #DEE38A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC42F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BBC42F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC42F

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC42F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC42F	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BA05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc42f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.162 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d574',
    500: '#bbc42f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc42f;
$custom-light: #d3d574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc42f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.624,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.788,
    "c": 0.16206,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC42F

secondary

#2F2B6C

accent

#43E44D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC42F

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

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