#BBCF40#BBCF40

#BBCF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.164 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCF40
RGB	rgb(187, 207, 64)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 69.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -25.04, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 69.90, 110.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0747 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.164 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7327, 55.5611, 13.2700)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCF40 #5440CF

analogous

#CF9C40 #BBCF40 #73CF40

triadic

#BBCF40 #40BBCF #CF40BB

tetradic

#BBCF40 #40CF9C #5440CF #CF4073

square

#BBCF40 #40CF9C #5440CF #CF4073

split-complementary

#BBCF40 #4073CF #9C40CF

monochromatic

#6A771E #96A82A #BBCF40 #CCDB71 #DEE8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#BBCF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCF40

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCF40	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 207, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.164 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dd7d',
    500: '#bbcf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcf40;
$custom-light: #d3dd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.392,
    "s": 59.833,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81351,
    "c": 0.16405,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCF40

secondary

#3F347F

accent

#45E35B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCF40

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

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