#BBC35B#BBC35B

#BBC35B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.129 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC35B
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 91)
HSL	hsl(65, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 53.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -17.25, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 53.42, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0502 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.129 113)
XYZ	xyz(41.8978, 50.3511, 17.4071)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC35B #635BC3

analogous

#C3975B #BBC35B #87C35B

triadic

#BBC35B #5BBBC3 #C35BBB

tetradic

#BBC35B #5BC397 #635BC3 #C35B87

square

#BBC35B #5BC397 #635BC3 #C35B87

split-complementary

#BBC35B #5B87C3 #975BC3

monochromatic

#72782C #9DA53C #BBC35B #CED388 #E0E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BBC35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC35B

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC35B	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.129 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d58c',
    500: '#bbc35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc35b;
$custom-light: #d1d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 46.429,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78957,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.5035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC35B

secondary

#464281

accent

#52D65C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC35B

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

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