#BBC736#BBC736

#BBC736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.161 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC736
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -21.67, 66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 70.02, 108.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0663 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.161 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5840, 51.6788, 11.2737)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC736 #4236C7

analogous

#C78B36 #BBC736 #72C736

triadic

#BBC736 #36BBC7 #C736BB

tetradic

#BBC736 #36C78B #4236C7 #C73672

square

#BBC736 #36C78B #4236C7 #C73672

split-complementary

#BBC736 #3672C7 #8B36C7

monochromatic

#61671C #8E9729 #BBC736 #CCD565 #DCE295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BBC736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC736

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC736	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BD18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.161 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d777',
    500: '#bbc736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc736;
$custom-light: #d3d777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.966,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79506,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC736

secondary

#363071

accent

#47E154

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC736

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

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