#BBC937#BBC937

#BBC937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.163 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC937
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -22.60, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 70.50, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0688 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.163 115)
XYZ	xyz(42.0709, 52.6147, 11.5531)
Luminance	0.5261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC937 #4537C9

analogous

#C98E37 #BBC937 #72C937

triadic

#BBC937 #37BBC9 #C937BB

tetradic

#BBC937 #37C98E #4537C9 #C93772

square

#BBC937 #37C98E #4537C9 #C93772

split-complementary

#BBC937 #3772C9 #8E37C9

monochromatic

#62691C #8F9929 #BBC937 #CBD667 #DCE397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BBC937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC937

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC937	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)

#D7BF1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.163 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d978',
    500: '#bbc937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc937;
$custom-light: #d3d978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79955,
    "c": 0.16296,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.52614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC937

secondary

#373173

accent

#47E156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC937

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

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