#BBC842#BBC842

#BBC842 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.155 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC842
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -21.52, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 66.16, 108.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0648 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.155 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.1322, 52.2674, 13.0223)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC842 #4F42C8

analogous

#C89242 #BBC842 #78C842

triadic

#BBC842 #42BBC8 #C842BB

tetradic

#BBC842 #42C892 #4F42C8 #C84278

square

#BBC842 #42C892 #4F42C8 #C84278

split-complementary

#BBC842 #4278C8 #9242C8

monochromatic

#686F20 #949F2E #BBC842 #CCD671 #DDE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BBC842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC842

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC842	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)

#D6BE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.155 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d87e',
    500: '#bbc842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc842;
$custom-light: #d3d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.821,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79812,
    "c": 0.15487,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC842

secondary

#3C3679

accent

#4ADE58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC842

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

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