#BBD42C#BBD42C

#BBD42C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.180 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD42C
RGB	rgb(187, 212, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 79.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -28.35, 72.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 78.24, 111.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0855 0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.18 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.4927, 57.8340, 11.2016)
Luminance	0.5783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD42C #452CD4

analogous

#D4992C #BBD42C #67D42C

triadic

#BBD42C #2CBBD4 #D42CBB

tetradic

#BBD42C #2CD499 #452CD4 #D42C67

square

#BBD42C #2CD499 #452CD4 #D42C67

split-complementary

#BBD42C #2C67D4 #992CD4

monochromatic

#626F17 #8FA221 #BBD42C #CBDE5F #DCE992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBD42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#BBD42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD42C

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD42C	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C93D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 212, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.180 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d4e175',
    500: '#bbd42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd42c;
$custom-light: #d4e175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.929,
    "s": 66.142,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82349,
    "c": 0.18045,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD42C

secondary

#372C78

accent

#3FE958

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF1

border

#D5D5CB

text

#151509

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD42C

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

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