#BBC74F#BBC74F

#BBC74F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.144 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC74F
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(66, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 60.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -20.18, 57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 60.52, 109.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0597 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.144 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.3292, 51.9769, 15.1983)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC74F #5B4FC7

analogous

#C7974F #BBC74F #7FC74F

triadic

#BBC74F #4FBBC7 #C74FBB

tetradic

#BBC74F #4FC797 #5B4FC7 #C74F7F

square

#BBC74F #4FC797 #5B4FC7 #C74F7F

split-complementary

#BBC74F #4F7FC7 #974FC7

monochromatic

#6E7626 #99A434 #BBC74F #CDD67D #DFE5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BBC74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC74F

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC74F	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.144 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d785',
    500: '#bbc74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc74f;
$custom-light: #d2d785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79706,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC74F

secondary

#423B7F

accent

#4DDB5B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC74F

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

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