#BBCE42#BBCE42

#BBCE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.162 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE42
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -24.45, 64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 68.74, 110.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0729 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.162 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.5492, 55.1013, 13.4947)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE42 #5542CE

analogous

#CE9B42 #BBCE42 #75CE42

triadic

#BBCE42 #42BBCE #CE42BB

tetradic

#BBCE42 #42CE9B #5542CE #CE4275

square

#BBCE42 #42CE9B #5542CE #CE4275

split-complementary

#BBCE42 #4275CE #9B42CE

monochromatic

#6B771F #97A72B #BBCE42 #CCDB73 #DEE7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BBCE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE42

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE42	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)

#DCC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.162 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc7e',
    500: '#bbce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce42;
$custom-light: #d3dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.143,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81143,
    "c": 0.1616,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE42

secondary

#3F357F

accent

#46E25B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE42

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

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