#BBCB42#BBCB42

#BBCB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.158 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB42
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 67.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -22.99, 63.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 67.45, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0688 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.158 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8339, 53.6706, 13.2562)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB42 #5242CB

analogous

#CB9642 #BBCB42 #77CB42

triadic

#BBCB42 #42BBCB #CB42BB

tetradic

#BBCB42 #42CB96 #5242CB #CB4277

square

#BBCB42 #42CB96 #5242CB #CB4277

split-complementary

#BBCB42 #4277CB #9642CB

monochromatic

#697320 #95A32D #BBCB42 #CCD872 #DEE5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBCB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#BBCB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB42

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB42	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)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.158 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da7e',
    500: '#bbcb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb42;
$custom-light: #d3da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80477,
    "c": 0.15822,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB42

secondary

#3E357C

accent

#48E059

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB42

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

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