#BBBC38#BBBC38

#BBBC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.149 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBBC38
RGB	rgb(187, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -16.09, 62.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 64.99, 104.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.1% -0.0505 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(77.1% 0.149 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1919, 46.8179, 10.7129)
Luminance	0.4682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBBC38 #3938BC

analogous

#BC7B38 #BBBC38 #79BC38

triadic

#BBBC38 #38BBBC #BC38BB

tetradic

#BBBC38 #38BC7B #3938BC #BC3879

square

#BBBC38 #38BC7B #3938BC #BC3879

split-complementary

#BBBC38 #3879BC #7B38BC

monochromatic

#5D5E1C #8C8D2A #BBBC38 #CFD061 #DDDE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#BBBC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#BBBC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBBC38

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBBC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBBC38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B0A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbbc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.149 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3cf77',
    500: '#bbbc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbbc38;
$custom-light: #d3cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbbc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77096,
    "c": 0.14873,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBBC38

secondary

#8787C9

accent

#4ADD4B

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151309

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBBC38

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

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