#BBC436#BBC436

#BBC436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.158 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC436
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -20.19, 65.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 68.82, 107.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0622 0.1455)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.158 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9006, 50.3119, 11.0459)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC436 #3F36C4

analogous

#C48636 #BBC436 #74C436

triadic

#BBC436 #36BBC4 #C436BB

tetradic

#BBC436 #36C486 #3F36C4 #C43674

square

#BBC436 #36C486 #3F36C4 #C43674

split-complementary

#BBC436 #3674C4 #8636C4

monochromatic

#5F641C #8D9429 #BBC436 #CDD463 #DCE193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BBC436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC436

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC436	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.158 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d577',
    500: '#bbc436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc436;
$custom-light: #d3d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.803,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78842,
    "c": 0.15821,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC436

secondary

#34306F

accent

#48E051

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC436

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

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