#BBC837#BBC837

#BBC837 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	#BBC837
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -22.11, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 70.09, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0674 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.162 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8386, 52.1500, 11.4756)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC837 #4437C8

analogous

#C88C37 #BBC837 #73C837

triadic

#BBC837 #37BBC8 #C837BB

tetradic

#BBC837 #37C88C #4437C8 #C83773

square

#BBC837 #37C88C #4437C8 #C83773

split-complementary

#BBC837 #3773C8 #8C37C8

monochromatic

#61681D #8E982A #BBC837 #CBD567 #DCE297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BBC837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC837

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC837	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)

#D6BE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.162 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d878',
    500: '#bbc837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc837;
$custom-light: #d3d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79734,
    "c": 0.16189,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC837

secondary

#373172

accent

#48E055

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC837

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

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