#BBC542#BBC542

#BBC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.152 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC542
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -20.04, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 64.89, 107.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0606 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.152 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4443, 50.8915, 12.7930)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC542 #4C42C5

analogous

#C58E42 #BBC542 #7AC542

triadic

#BBC542 #42BBC5 #C542BB

tetradic

#BBC542 #42C58E #4C42C5 #C5427A

square

#BBC542 #42C58E #4C42C5 #C5427A

split-complementary

#BBC542 #427AC5 #8E42C5

monochromatic

#666C21 #929A2F #BBC542 #CCD371 #DDE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BBC542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC542

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC542	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.152 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d67e',
    500: '#bbc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc542;
$custom-light: #d3d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79149,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC542

secondary

#3B3675

accent

#4BDC56

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC542

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

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