#BBC940#BBC940

#BBC940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.157 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC940
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 64)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 68.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -22.13, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 67.34, 109.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.0666 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.157 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3067, 52.7090, 12.7947)
Luminance	0.5271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC940 #4E40C9

analogous

#C99240 #BBC940 #77C940

triadic

#BBC940 #40BBC9 #C940BB

tetradic

#BBC940 #40C992 #4E40C9 #C94077

square

#BBC940 #40C992 #4E40C9 #C94077

split-complementary

#BBC940 #4077C9 #9240C9

monochromatic

#676F1F #939F2D #BBC940 #CCD670 #DDE49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#BBC940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC940

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC940	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.157 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d97d',
    500: '#bbc940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc940;
$custom-light: #d3d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.131,
    "s": 55.918,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80018,
    "c": 0.15734,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC940

secondary

#3C3578

accent

#49DF58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC940

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

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