#BBD942#BBD942

#BBD942 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.174 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD942
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 66)
HSL	hsl(72, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 69.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -29.69, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 73.57, 113.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0874 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.174 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2905, 60.5840, 14.4084)
Luminance	0.6058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD942 #6042D9

analogous

#D9AC42 #BBD942 #6FD942

triadic

#BBD942 #42BBD9 #D942BB

tetradic

#BBD942 #42D9AC #6042D9 #D9426F

square

#BBD942 #42D9AC #6042D9 #D9426F

split-complementary

#BBD942 #426FD9 #AC42D9

monochromatic

#70861B #9BB925 #BBD942 #CDE375 #E0EDA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BBD942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#BBD942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD942

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD942	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5CEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.174 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e47f',
    500: '#bbd942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd942;
$custom-light: #d3e47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.921,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.836,
    "c": 0.1742,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD942

secondary

#45338C

accent

#3EE960

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD942

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

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