#BBC438#BBC438

#BBC438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.157 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC438
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.27, -20.09, 65.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.27, 68.14, 107.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0617 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.157 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.9485, 50.3311, 11.2984)
Luminance	0.5033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC438 #4138C4

analogous

#C48738 #BBC438 #75C438

triadic

#BBC438 #38BBC4 #C438BB

tetradic

#BBC438 #38C487 #4138C4 #C43875

square

#BBC438 #38C487 #4138C4 #C43875

split-complementary

#BBC438 #3875C4 #8738C4

monochromatic

#60651D #8E942A #BBC438 #CCD366 #DCE196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BBC438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC438

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC438	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)

#D3BB1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B8A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.157 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d578',
    500: '#bbc438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc438;
$custom-light: #d3d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78855,
    "c": 0.15702,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC438

secondary

#35316F

accent

#49DF53

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC438

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

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