#BBD240#BBD240

#BBD240 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.167 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD240
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 69.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -26.48, 66.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 71.20, 111.84°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0787 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.167 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.4665, 57.0286, 13.5146)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD240 #5740D2

analogous

#D2A040 #BBD240 #72D240

triadic

#BBD240 #40BBD2 #D240BB

tetradic

#BBD240 #40D2A0 #5740D2 #D24072

square

#BBD240 #40D2A0 #5740D2 #D24072

split-complementary

#BBD240 #4072D2 #A040D2

monochromatic

#6C7B1D #97AC29 #BBD240 #CDDE72 #DEE9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBD240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#BBD240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD240

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD240	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.167 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df7e',
    500: '#bbd240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd240;
$custom-light: #d3df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.452,
    "s": 61.864,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8202,
    "c": 0.16744,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD240

secondary

#403483

accent

#43E55C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD240

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

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