#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
RGBrgb(187, 199, 55)
HSLhsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(65, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(6%, 0%, 72.4%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(77.09, -21.62, 66.25)
CIE-LCHlch(77.09, 69.69, 108.07°)
OKLaboklab(79.51% -0.066 0.1466)
OKLCHoklch(79.51% 0.161 114.2)
XYZxyz(41.6077, 51.6883, 11.3987)
Luminance0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BBC7371.001.8511.3411.34
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3421.001.001.00
##00000011.3421.001.001.00

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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#BBC737 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva