#BBC642#BBC642

#BBC642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.153 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC642
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -20.54, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 65.32, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.062 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.153 114)
XYZ	xyz(41.6721, 51.3471, 12.8690)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC642 #4D42C6

analogous

#C68F42 #BBC642 #79C642

triadic

#BBC642 #42BBC6 #C642BB

tetradic

#BBC642 #42C68F #4D42C6 #C64279

square

#BBC642 #42C68F #4D42C6 #C64279

split-complementary

#BBC642 #4279C6 #8F42C6

monochromatic

#666D21 #939C2F #BBC642 #CCD471 #DDE2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BBC642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC642

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC642	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.153 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d77e',
    500: '#bbc642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc642;
$custom-light: #d3d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.15265,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.51346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC642

secondary

#3B3676

accent

#4BDD57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC642

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

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