#BBCA40#BBCA40

#BBCA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.158 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA40
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 68.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -22.62, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 67.76, 109.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.068 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.158 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5405, 53.1767, 12.8726)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA40 #4F40CA

analogous

#CA9440 #BBCA40 #76CA40

triadic

#BBCA40 #40BBCA #CA40BB

tetradic

#BBCA40 #40CA94 #4F40CA #CA4076

square

#BBCA40 #40CA94 #4F40CA #CA4076

split-complementary

#BBCA40 #4076CA #9440CA

monochromatic

#68701F #94A02C #BBCA40 #CCD770 #DDE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBCA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BBCA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA40

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA40	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.158 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da7d',
    500: '#bbca40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca40;
$custom-light: #d3da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 56.557,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8024,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA40

secondary

#3C357A

accent

#48E058

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA40

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

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