#BBC74E#BBC74E

#BBC74E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.145 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC74E
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 78)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(66, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 60.8%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -20.25, 57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 60.94, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% -0.06 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.145 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2930, 51.9624, 15.0080)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC74E #5A4EC7

analogous

#C7964E #BBC74E #7FC74E

triadic

#BBC74E #4EBBC7 #C74EBB

tetradic

#BBC74E #4EC796 #5A4EC7 #C74E7F

square

#BBC74E #4EC796 #5A4EC7 #C74E7F

split-complementary

#BBC74E #4E7FC7 #964EC7

monochromatic

#6D7525 #99A434 #BBC74E #CDD67C #DFE4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BBC74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC74E

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC74E	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.145 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d785',
    500: '#bbc74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc74e;
$custom-light: #d2d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.95,
    "s": 51.931,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79696,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC74E

secondary

#423B7E

accent

#4CDB5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC74E

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

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