#BBC440#BBC440

#BBC440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.152 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC440
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -19.67, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 65.24, 107.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0598 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.152 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1600, 50.4157, 12.4125)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC440 #4940C4

analogous

#C48B40 #BBC440 #79C440

triadic

#BBC440 #40BBC4 #C440BB

tetradic

#BBC440 #40C48B #4940C4 #C44079

square

#BBC440 #40C48B #4940C4 #C44079

split-complementary

#BBC440 #4079C4 #8B40C4

monochromatic

#646920 #91982F #BBC440 #CCD26F #DCE19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BBC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC440

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC440	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.152 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d57c',
    500: '#bbc440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc440;
$custom-light: #d3d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78913,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC440

secondary

#393573

accent

#4CDC55

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC440

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

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