#BBC037#BBC037

#BBC037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.153 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC037
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 55)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -18.15, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 66.90, 105.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0564 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.153 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0340, 48.5409, 10.8741)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC037 #3C37C0

analogous

#C08037 #BBC037 #76C037

triadic

#BBC037 #37BBC0 #C037BB

tetradic

#BBC037 #37C080 #3C37C0 #C03776

square

#BBC037 #37C080 #3C37C0 #C03776

split-complementary

#BBC037 #3776C0 #8037C0

monochromatic

#5E611C #8D9029 #BBC037 #CED262 #DDE092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBC037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBC037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC037

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC037	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)

#CFB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.153 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d277',
    500: '#bbc037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc037;
$custom-light: #d3d277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.19,
    "s": 55.466,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77967,
    "c": 0.15345,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC037

secondary

#8B88CB

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC037

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

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