#BBC039#BBC039

#BBC039 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.152 H 111.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC039
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 57)
HSL	hsl(62, 54%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 70.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -18.05, 63.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 66.19, 105.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0559 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.152 111.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0830, 48.5605, 11.1317)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC039 #3E39C0

analogous

#C08239 #BBC039 #78C039

triadic

#BBC039 #39BBC0 #C039BB

tetradic

#BBC039 #39C082 #3E39C0 #C03978

square

#BBC039 #39C082 #3E39C0 #C03978

split-complementary

#BBC039 #3978C0 #8239C0

monochromatic

#5F621D #8D912B #BBC039 #CDD165 #DCDF94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#BBC039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#BBC039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC039

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC039	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)

#CFB722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.152 111.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d278',
    500: '#bbc039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc039;
$custom-light: #d3d278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.222,
    "s": 54.217,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77981,
    "c": 0.15221,
    "h": 111.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC039

secondary

#8D8ACB

accent

#4ADE50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC039

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

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