#BBBC36#BBBC36

#BBBC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.150 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC36
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.06, -16.19, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.06, 65.70, 104.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.051 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.15 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1440, 46.7987, 10.4604)
Luminance	0.4680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC36 #3736BC

analogous

#BC7A36 #BBBC36 #78BC36

triadic

#BBBC36 #36BBBC #BC36BB

tetradic

#BBBC36 #36BC7A #3736BC #BC3678

square

#BBBC36 #36BC7A #3736BC #BC3678

split-complementary

#BBBC36 #3678BC #7A36BC

monochromatic

#5C5D1B #8C8C28 #BBBC36 #D0D15E #DEDF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BBBC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC36

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC36	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.150 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf76',
    500: '#bbbc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc36;
$custom-light: #d3cf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77083,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC36

secondary

#8585C9

accent

#49DF4A

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC36

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

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