#BBC038#BBC038

#BBC038 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	#BBC038
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -18.10, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 66.55, 105.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.0562 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.153 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0583, 48.5506, 11.0017)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC038 #3D38C0

analogous

#C08138 #BBC038 #77C038

triadic

#BBC038 #38BBC0 #C038BB

tetradic

#BBC038 #38C081 #3D38C0 #C03877

square

#BBC038 #38C081 #3D38C0 #C03877

split-complementary

#BBC038 #3877C0 #8138C0

monochromatic

#5F611C #8D912A #BBC038 #CED264 #DDDF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBC038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBC038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC038

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC038	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)

#CFB720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.153 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d278',
    500: '#bbc038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc038;
$custom-light: #d3d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.206,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77974,
    "c": 0.15283,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC038

secondary

#8C89CB

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC038

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

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