#BBC836#BBC836

#BBC836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.162 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC836
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 54)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -22.16, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 70.42, 108.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0676 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.162 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8148, 52.1405, 11.3507)
Luminance	0.5214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC836 #4336C8

analogous

#C88C36 #BBC836 #72C836

triadic

#BBC836 #36BBC8 #C836BB

tetradic

#BBC836 #36C88C #4336C8 #C83672

square

#BBC836 #36C88C #4336C8 #C83672

split-complementary

#BBC836 #3672C8 #8C36C8

monochromatic

#61681C #8E9829 #BBC836 #CCD666 #DCE396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BBC836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC836

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC836	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.162 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d878',
    500: '#bbc836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc836;
$custom-light: #d3d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.342,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79727,
    "c": 0.16247,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC836

secondary

#363072

accent

#47E155

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#151409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC836

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

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