#BBC735#BBC735

#BBC735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.162 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC735
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 73.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -21.71, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 70.35, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0665 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.162 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5608, 51.6695, 11.1513)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC735 #4135C7

analogous

#C78A35 #BBC735 #72C735

triadic

#BBC735 #35BBC7 #C735BB

tetradic

#BBC735 #35C78A #4135C7 #C73572

square

#BBC735 #35C78A #4135C7 #C73572

split-complementary

#BBC735 #3572C7 #8A35C7

monochromatic

#60661B #8E9728 #BBC735 #CCD664 #DCE294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BBC735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC735

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC735	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C041

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.162 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d777',
    500: '#bbc735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc735;
$custom-light: #d3d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79499,
    "c": 0.16197,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC735

secondary

#353071

accent

#47E153

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC735

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

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