#BBCC40#BBCC40

#BBCC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.161 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC40
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -23.59, 64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 68.61, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0707 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.161 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0128, 54.1213, 13.0301)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC40 #5140CC

analogous

#CC9740 #BBCC40 #75CC40

triadic

#BBCC40 #40BBCC #CC40BB

tetradic

#BBCC40 #40CC97 #5140CC #CC4075

square

#BBCC40 #40CC97 #5140CC #CC4075

split-complementary

#BBCC40 #4075CC #9740CC

monochromatic

#69731F #95A32C #BBCC40 #CCD970 #DDE6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#BBCC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC40

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC40	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.161 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3db7d',
    500: '#bbcc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc40;
$custom-light: #d3db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.286,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80684,
    "c": 0.16068,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC40

secondary

#3D347C

accent

#47E159

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC40

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

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