#BBCC42#BBCC42

#BBCC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.159 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC42
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -23.48, 63.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 67.88, 110.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0702 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.159 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.0708, 54.1445, 13.3352)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC42 #5342CC

analogous

#CC9842 #BBCC42 #76CC42

triadic

#BBCC42 #42BBCC #CC42BB

tetradic

#BBCC42 #42CC98 #5342CC #CC4276

square

#BBCC42 #42CC98 #5342CC #CC4276

split-complementary

#BBCC42 #4276CC #9842CC

monochromatic

#6A741F #96A42C #BBCC42 #CCD972 #DEE6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BBCC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC42

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC42	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.159 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3db7e',
    500: '#bbcc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc42;
$custom-light: #d3db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80699,
    "c": 0.15934,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC42

secondary

#3E357D

accent

#47E15A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC42

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

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