#BBC235#BBC235

#BBC235 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.157 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC235
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 72.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -19.24, 65.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 68.37, 106.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0596 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.157 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4292, 49.4064, 10.7741)
Luminance	0.4940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC235 #3C35C2

analogous

#C28235 #BBC235 #74C235

triadic

#BBC235 #35BBC2 #C235BB

tetradic

#BBC235 #35C282 #3C35C2 #C23574

square

#BBC235 #35C282 #3C35C2 #C23574

split-complementary

#BBC235 #3574C2 #8235C2

monochromatic

#5E621B #8D9228 #BBC235 #CED460 #DDE191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BBC235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC235

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC235	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.157 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d476',
    500: '#bbc235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc235;
$custom-light: #d3d476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78394,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC235

secondary

#8B87CC

accent

#47E04F

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC235

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

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