#BBC740#BBC740

#BBC740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.155 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC740
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 67.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -21.15, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 66.49, 108.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0639 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.155 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8435, 51.7826, 12.6403)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC740 #4C40C7

analogous

#C79040 #BBC740 #78C740

triadic

#BBC740 #40BBC7 #C740BB

tetradic

#BBC740 #40C790 #4C40C7 #C74078

square

#BBC740 #40C790 #4C40C7 #C74078

split-complementary

#BBC740 #4078C7 #9040C7

monochromatic

#666D20 #929C2E #BBC740 #CCD56F #DDE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BBC740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC740

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC740	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.155 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d77d',
    500: '#bbc740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc740;
$custom-light: #d3d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79576,
    "c": 0.15513,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC740

secondary

#3B3576

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC740

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

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