#BBCB40#BBCB40

#BBCB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.160 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB40
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.26, -23.11, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.26, 68.19, 109.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0694 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.16 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7759, 53.6475, 12.9511)
Luminance	0.5365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB40 #5040CB

analogous

#CB9540 #BBCB40 #76CB40

triadic

#BBCB40 #40BBCB #CB40BB

tetradic

#BBCB40 #40CB95 #5040CB #CB4076

square

#BBCB40 #40CB95 #5040CB #CB4076

split-complementary

#BBCB40 #4076CB #9540CB

monochromatic

#68721F #94A22C #BBCB40 #CCD870 #DDE5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBCB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#BBCB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB40

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB40	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.160 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da7d',
    500: '#bbcb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb40;
$custom-light: #d3da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.906,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80462,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB40

secondary

#3D357B

accent

#47E059

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB40

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

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