#BBD042#BBD042

#BBD042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.164 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD042
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -25.41, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 69.61, 111.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0756 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.164 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0337, 56.0704, 13.6562)
Luminance	0.5607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD042 #5742D0

analogous

#D09E42 #BBD042 #74D042

triadic

#BBD042 #42BBD0 #D042BB

tetradic

#BBD042 #42D09E #5742D0 #D04274

square

#BBD042 #42D09E #5742D0 #D04274

split-complementary

#BBD042 #4274D0 #9E42D0

monochromatic

#6C791E #97AA2A #BBD042 #CDDC73 #DEE8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBD042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#BBD042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD042

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD042	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)

#DEC52C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.164 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de7f',
    500: '#bbd042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd042;
$custom-light: #d3de7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.873,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81589,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD042

secondary

#403581

accent

#44E35C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD042

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

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