#BBCE40#BBCE40

#BBCE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.163 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE40
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -24.56, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 69.47, 110.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0734 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.163 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4912, 55.0781, 13.1895)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE40 #5340CE

analogous

#CE9A40 #BBCE40 #74CE40

triadic

#BBCE40 #40BBCE #CE40BB

tetradic

#BBCE40 #40CE9A #5340CE #CE4074

square

#BBCE40 #40CE9A #5340CE #CE4074

split-complementary

#BBCE40 #4074CE #9A40CE

monochromatic

#6A751E #96A62B #BBCE40 #CCDA71 #DEE7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BBCE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE40

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE40	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.163 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc7d',
    500: '#bbce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce40;
$custom-light: #d3dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.028,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81128,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE40

secondary

#3E347E

accent

#45E25A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE40

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

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