#BBC536#BBC536

#BBC536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.159 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC536
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(64, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -20.68, 66.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 69.22, 107.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.0635 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.159 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1269, 50.7645, 11.1214)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC536 #4036C5

analogous

#C58836 #BBC536 #74C536

triadic

#BBC536 #36BBC5 #C536BB

tetradic

#BBC536 #36C588 #4036C5 #C53674

square

#BBC536 #36C588 #4036C5 #C53674

split-complementary

#BBC536 #3674C5 #8836C5

monochromatic

#60651C #8D9529 #BBC536 #CDD464 #DCE294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBC536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC536

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC536	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)

#D4BB19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.159 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d677',
    500: '#bbc536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc536;
$custom-light: #d3d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.196,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79063,
    "c": 0.15927,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC536

secondary

#34306F

accent

#48E052

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC536

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

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