#BBD242#BBD242

#BBD242 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.166 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD242
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 68.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, -26.37, 65.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 70.49, 111.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0783 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.166 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.5244, 57.0517, 13.8197)
Luminance	0.5705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD242 #5942D2

analogous

#D2A142 #BBD242 #73D242

triadic

#BBD242 #42BBD2 #D242BB

tetradic

#BBD242 #42D2A1 #5942D2 #D24273

square

#BBD242 #42D2A1 #5942D2 #D24273

split-complementary

#BBD242 #4273D2 #A142D2

monochromatic

#6D7C1E #98AD29 #BBD242 #CDDE73 #DFEAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBD242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#BBD242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD242

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD242	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)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.166 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3df7f',
    500: '#bbd242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd242;
$custom-light: #d3df7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.583,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82034,
    "c": 0.16615,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD242

secondary

#413484

accent

#43E55D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD242

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

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