#BBCF42#BBCF42

#BBCF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.163 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCF42
RGB	rgb(187, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -24.93, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 69.18, 111.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.37% -0.0742 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(81.37% 0.163 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7907, 55.5843, 13.5752)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCF42 #5642CF

analogous

#CF9D42 #BBCF42 #74CF42

triadic

#BBCF42 #42BBCF #CF42BB

tetradic

#BBCF42 #42CF9D #5642CF #CF4274

square

#BBCF42 #42CF9D #5642CF #CF4274

split-complementary

#BBCF42 #4274CF #9D42CF

monochromatic

#6B781F #97A92B #BBCF42 #CDDB73 #DEE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#BBCF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCF42

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCF42	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.163 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dd7e',
    500: '#bbcf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcf42;
$custom-light: #d3dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.511,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81366,
    "c": 0.16274,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCF42

secondary

#403580

accent

#45E35B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCF42

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

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