#BBD340#BBD340

#BBD340 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.169 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD340
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 63%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(70, 70%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 69.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.47, -26.96, 66.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.47, 71.63, 112.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% -0.0801 0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.169 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7141, 57.5239, 13.5972)
Luminance	0.5752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD340 #5840D3

analogous

#D3A240 #BBD340 #72D340

triadic

#BBD340 #40BBD3 #D340BB

tetradic

#BBD340 #40D3A2 #5840D3 #D34072

square

#BBD340 #40D3A2 #5840D3 #D34072

split-complementary

#BBD340 #4072D3 #A240D3

monochromatic

#6C7C1D #98AE28 #BBD340 #CDDE72 #DEEAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#BBD340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD340

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD340	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.169 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e07e',
    500: '#bbd340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd340;
$custom-light: #d3e07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 62.553,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82243,
    "c": 0.16859,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD340

secondary

#413384

accent

#42E65D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD340

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

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