#BBC936#BBC936

#BBC936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.164 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC936
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -22.65, 67.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 70.83, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.069 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.164 115)
XYZ	xyz(42.0472, 52.6052, 11.4281)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC936 #4436C9

analogous

#C98D36 #BBC936 #72C936

triadic

#BBC936 #36BBC9 #C936BB

tetradic

#BBC936 #36C98D #4436C9 #C93672

square

#BBC936 #36C98D #4436C9 #C93672

split-complementary

#BBC936 #3672C9 #8D36C9

monochromatic

#61691C #8E9929 #BBC936 #CBD666 #DCE396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BBC936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC936

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC936	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.164 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d978',
    500: '#bbc936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc936;
$custom-light: #d3d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.16354,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.52604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC936

secondary

#373173

accent

#47E156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC936

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

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