#BBC840#BBC840

#BBC840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.156 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC840
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -21.64, 63.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 66.91, 108.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0653 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.156 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0743, 52.2442, 12.7172)
Luminance	0.5224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC840 #4D40C8

analogous

#C89140 #BBC840 #77C840

triadic

#BBC840 #40BBC8 #C840BB

tetradic

#BBC840 #40C891 #4D40C8 #C84077

square

#BBC840 #40C891 #4D40C8 #C84077

split-complementary

#BBC840 #4077C8 #9140C8

monochromatic

#666E20 #939D2D #BBC840 #CCD670 #DDE39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BBC840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC840

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC840	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.156 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d87d',
    500: '#bbc840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc840;
$custom-light: #d3d87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.735,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79797,
    "c": 0.15623,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC840

secondary

#3B3577

accent

#49DF57

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC840

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

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