#BBC239#BBC239

#BBC239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.154 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC239
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.73, -19.05, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.73, 66.99, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0587 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.154 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5251, 49.4447, 11.2791)
Luminance	0.4944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC239 #4039C2

analogous

#C28539 #BBC239 #77C239

triadic

#BBC239 #39BBC2 #C239BB

tetradic

#BBC239 #39C285 #4039C2 #C23977

square

#BBC239 #39C285 #4039C2 #C23977

split-complementary

#BBC239 #3977C2 #8539C2

monochromatic

#60631D #8D932B #BBC239 #CDD266 #DCE095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBC239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC239

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC239	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)

#D1B921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B6A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.154 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d478',
    500: '#bbc239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc239;
$custom-light: #d3d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.066,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78421,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC239

secondary

#8F8BCB

accent

#4ADE51

background

#FDFCF7

surface

#FAF9EE

border

#D3D2C9

text

#15140A

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC239

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

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