#BBC941#BBC941

#BBC941 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	#BBC941
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 65)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -22.07, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 66.96, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0664 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.157 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3354, 52.7204, 12.9459)
Luminance	0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC941 #4F41C9

analogous

#C99341 #BBC941 #77C941

triadic

#BBC941 #41BBC9 #C941BB

tetradic

#BBC941 #41C993 #4F41C9 #C94177

square

#BBC941 #41C993 #4F41C9 #C94177

split-complementary

#BBC941 #4177C9 #9341C9

monochromatic

#687020 #949F2D #BBC941 #CCD771 #DDE4A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#BBC941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC941

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC941	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)

#D7BF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.157 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d97d',
    500: '#bbc941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc941;
$custom-light: #d3d97d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.176,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80026,
    "c": 0.15666,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC941

secondary

#3C3579

accent

#49DF58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC941

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

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