#BBC442#BBC442

#BBC442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.150 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC442
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(64, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(64, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -19.55, 61.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 64.47, 107.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0592 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.15 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2180, 50.4388, 12.7176)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC442 #4B42C4

analogous

#C48C42 #BBC442 #7AC442

triadic

#BBC442 #42BBC4 #C442BB

tetradic

#BBC442 #42C48C #4B42C4 #C4427A

square

#BBC442 #42C48C #4B42C4 #C4427A

split-complementary

#BBC442 #427AC4 #8C42C4

monochromatic

#656A21 #929930 #BBC442 #CCD371 #DDE19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#BBC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC442

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC442	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.150 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d57d',
    500: '#bbc442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc442;
$custom-light: #d3d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78929,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC442

secondary

#3A3674

accent

#4CDC56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC442

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

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