#BBC535#BBC535

#BBC535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.160 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC535
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 53)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -20.73, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 69.55, 107.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0637 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.16 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1036, 50.7552, 10.9989)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC535 #3F35C5

analogous

#C58735 #BBC535 #73C535

triadic

#BBC535 #35BBC5 #C535BB

tetradic

#BBC535 #35C587 #3F35C5 #C53573

square

#BBC535 #35C587 #3F35C5 #C53573

split-complementary

#BBC535 #3573C5 #8735C5

monochromatic

#5F651B #8D9528 #BBC535 #CDD562 #DCE293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBC535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC535

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC535	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.160 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d677',
    500: '#bbc535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc535;
$custom-light: #d3d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.167,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79057,
    "c": 0.15985,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC535

secondary

#342F6F

accent

#47E152

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC535

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

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