#BBC742#BBC742

#BBC742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.154 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC742
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 66)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(65, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 66.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -21.03, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 65.74, 108.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0634 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.154 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.9014, 51.8057, 12.9454)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC742 #4E42C7

analogous

#C79142 #BBC742 #78C742

triadic

#BBC742 #42BBC7 #C742BB

tetradic

#BBC742 #42C791 #4E42C7 #C74278

square

#BBC742 #42C791 #4E42C7 #C74278

split-complementary

#BBC742 #4278C7 #9142C7

monochromatic

#676E21 #939D2F #BBC742 #CCD571 #DDE3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BBC742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC742

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC742	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)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.154 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d77e',
    500: '#bbc742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc742;
$custom-light: #d3d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.414,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79591,
    "c": 0.15375,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC742

secondary

#3C3678

accent

#4ADE57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC742

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

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