#BBC737#BBC737

#BBC737 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	#BBC737
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -21.62, 66.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 69.69, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.066 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.161 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6077, 51.6883, 11.3987)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC737 #4337C7

analogous

#C78B37 #BBC737 #73C737

triadic

#BBC737 #37BBC7 #C737BB

tetradic

#BBC737 #37C78B #4337C7 #C73773

square

#BBC737 #37C78B #4337C7 #C73773

split-complementary

#BBC737 #3773C7 #8B37C7

monochromatic

#61671C #8E972A #BBC737 #CCD566 #DCE296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BBC737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC737

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC737	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)

#D6BD1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BBAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.161 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d778',
    500: '#bbc737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc737;
$custom-light: #d3d778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79512,
    "c": 0.16082,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC737

secondary

#363171

accent

#48E055

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC737

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

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