#BBC338#BBC338

#BBC338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.156 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC338
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -19.60, 64.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 67.74, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0603 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.156 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.7237, 49.8814, 11.2235)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC338 #4038C3

analogous

#C38638 #BBC338 #76C338

triadic

#BBC338 #38BBC3 #C338BB

tetradic

#BBC338 #38C386 #4038C3 #C33876

square

#BBC338 #38C386 #4038C3 #C33876

split-complementary

#BBC338 #3876C3 #8638C3

monochromatic

#60641D #8D932A #BBC338 #CDD365 #DCE195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BBC338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC338

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC338	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.156 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d578',
    500: '#bbc338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc338;
$custom-light: #d3d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78635,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC338

secondary

#8F8BCC

accent

#49DF52

background

#FDFDF7

surface

#FAFAEE

border

#D3D3C9

text

#151409

muted

#83837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC338

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

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