#BBC839#BBC839

#BBC839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.161 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC839
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 57)
HSL	hsl(65, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 71.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -22.01, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 69.41, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.067 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.161 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.8875, 52.1695, 11.7333)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC839 #4639C8

analogous

#C88E39 #BBC839 #73C839

triadic

#BBC839 #39BBC8 #C839BB

tetradic

#BBC839 #39C88E #4639C8 #C83973

square

#BBC839 #39C88E #4639C8 #C83973

split-complementary

#BBC839 #3973C8 #8E39C8

monochromatic

#62691D #8F992B #BBC839 #CBD569 #DCE399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BBC839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC839

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC839	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)

#D6BE1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BCAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.161 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d879',
    500: '#bbc839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc839;
$custom-light: #d3d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79747,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC839

secondary

#383273

accent

#48E056

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC839

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

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