#BBCA42#BBCA42

#BBCA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.157 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA42
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -22.50, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 67.02, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0675 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.157 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5985, 53.1999, 13.1778)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA42 #5142CA

analogous

#CA9542 #BBCA42 #77CA42

triadic

#BBCA42 #42BBCA #CA42BB

tetradic

#BBCA42 #42CA95 #5142CA #CA4277

square

#BBCA42 #42CA95 #5142CA #CA4277

split-complementary

#BBCA42 #4277CA #9542CA

monochromatic

#697220 #95A22D #BBCA42 #CCD772 #DDE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBCA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BBCA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA42

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA42	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)

#D8C02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.157 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da7e',
    500: '#bbca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca42;
$custom-light: #d3da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.618,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80255,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA42

secondary

#3D357B

accent

#48DF59

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA42

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

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