#BBD040#BBD040

#BBD040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.165 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD040
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 61%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 69.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -25.53, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 70.33, 111.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.0761 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.165 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9758, 56.0472, 13.3510)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD040 #5540D0

analogous

#D09D40 #BBD040 #73D040

triadic

#BBD040 #40BBD0 #D040BB

tetradic

#BBD040 #40D09D #5540D0 #D04073

square

#BBD040 #40D09D #5540D0 #D04073

split-complementary

#BBD040 #4073D0 #9D40D0

monochromatic

#6B781E #97A92A #BBD040 #CCDC71 #DEE8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBD040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#BBD040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD040

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD040	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.165 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de7d',
    500: '#bbd040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd040;
$custom-light: #d3de7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 60.504,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81574,
    "c": 0.16518,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD040

secondary

#3F3480

accent

#44E45B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD040

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

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