#BBC237#BBC237

#BBC237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.156 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC237
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -19.15, 64.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 67.69, 106.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0592 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.156 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4762, 49.4252, 11.0215)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC237 #3E37C2

analogous

#C28437 #BBC237 #76C237

triadic

#BBC237 #37BBC2 #C237BB

tetradic

#BBC237 #37C284 #3E37C2 #C23776

square

#BBC237 #37C284 #3E37C2 #C23776

split-complementary

#BBC237 #3776C2 #8437C2

monochromatic

#5F631C #8D9229 #BBC237 #CDD363 #DCE093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BBC237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC237

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC237	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)

#D1B91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.156 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d477',
    500: '#bbc237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc237;
$custom-light: #d3d477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78407,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC237

secondary

#8D89CB

accent

#49DF50

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC237

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

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