#BBC942#BBC942

#BBC942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.156 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC942
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 66)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(66, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -22.01, 62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 66.59, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0661 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.156 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3646, 52.7321, 13.0998)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC942 #5042C9

analogous

#C99342 #BBC942 #78C942

triadic

#BBC942 #42BBC9 #C942BB

tetradic

#BBC942 #42C993 #5042C9 #C94278

square

#BBC942 #42C993 #5042C9 #C94278

split-complementary

#BBC942 #4278C9 #9342C9

monochromatic

#687020 #94A02E #BBC942 #CCD772 #DDE4A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BBC942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC942

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC942	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.156 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d97e',
    500: '#bbc942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc942;
$custom-light: #d3d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.222,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80034,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC942

secondary

#3D367A

accent

#49DF58

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC942

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

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