#BBC938#BBC938

#BBC938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.162 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC938
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -22.55, 66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 70.16, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0685 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.162 115)
XYZ	xyz(42.0951, 52.6243, 11.6806)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC938 #4638C9

analogous

#C98E38 #BBC938 #72C938

triadic

#BBC938 #38BBC9 #C938BB

tetradic

#BBC938 #38C98E #4638C9 #C93872

square

#BBC938 #38C98E #4638C9 #C93872

split-complementary

#BBC938 #3872C9 #8E38C9

monochromatic

#626A1D #8F9A2A #BBC938 #CBD668 #DCE398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BBC938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC938

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC938	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)

#D7BF1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BDAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.162 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3d979',
    500: '#bbc938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc938;
$custom-light: #d3d979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79962,
    "c": 0.16238,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.52624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC938

secondary

#383174

accent

#47E156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC938

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

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