#BBC238#BBC238

#BBC238 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.155 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC238
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -19.10, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 67.34, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0589 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.155 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5004, 49.4348, 11.1490)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC238 #3F38C2

analogous

#C28438 #BBC238 #76C238

triadic

#BBC238 #38BBC2 #C238BB

tetradic

#BBC238 #38C284 #3F38C2 #C23876

square

#BBC238 #38C284 #3F38C2 #C23876

split-complementary

#BBC238 #3876C2 #8438C2

monochromatic

#5F631D #8D932A #BBC238 #CDD265 #DCE094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBC238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC238

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC238	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.155 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d478',
    500: '#bbc238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc238;
$custom-light: #d3d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78414,
    "c": 0.15492,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC238

secondary

#8E8ACB

accent

#49DF51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#151409

muted

#83827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC238

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

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