#BBCD42#BBCD42

#BBCD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.160 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD42
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -23.96, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 68.31, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0716 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.16 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3092, 54.6214, 13.4147)
Luminance	0.5462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD42 #5442CD

analogous

#CD9942 #BBCD42 #75CD42

triadic

#BBCD42 #42BBCD #CD42BB

tetradic

#BBCD42 #42CD99 #5442CD #CD4275

square

#BBCD42 #42CD99 #5442CD #CD4275

split-complementary

#BBCD42 #4275CD #9942CD

monochromatic

#6A761F #96A62C #BBCD42 #CCDA72 #DEE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBCD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#BBCD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD42

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD42	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.160 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc7e',
    500: '#bbcd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd42;
$custom-light: #d3dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.77,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80921,
    "c": 0.16047,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD42

secondary

#3F357E

accent

#46E15A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD42

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

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