#BBC036#BBC036

#BBC036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.154 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC036
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 54)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.9%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -18.20, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 67.25, 105.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.0566 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.154 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0103, 48.5314, 10.7492)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC036 #3B36C0

analogous

#C08036 #BBC036 #76C036

triadic

#BBC036 #36BBC0 #C036BB

tetradic

#BBC036 #36C080 #3B36C0 #C03676

square

#BBC036 #36C080 #3B36C0 #C03676

split-complementary

#BBC036 #3676C0 #8036C0

monochromatic

#5E601B #8C9029 #BBC036 #CED261 #DDE090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBC036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBC036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC036

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC036	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.154 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d277',
    500: '#bbc036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc036;
$custom-light: #d3d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 56.098,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7796,
    "c": 0.15404,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC036

secondary

#8A87CB

accent

#48DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC036

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

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