#BBCA36#BBCA36

#BBCA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.165 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA36
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(66, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.92, -23.13, 67.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.92, 71.23, 108.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0703 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.165 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2811, 53.0729, 11.5061)
Luminance	0.5307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA36 #4536CA

analogous

#CA8F36 #BBCA36 #71CA36

triadic

#BBCA36 #36BBCA #CA36BB

tetradic

#BBCA36 #36CA8F #4536CA #CA3671

square

#BBCA36 #36CA8F #4536CA #CA3671

split-complementary

#BBCA36 #3671CA #8F36CA

monochromatic

#626A1C #8F9A29 #BBCA36 #CBD766 #DCE497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBCA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BBCA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA36

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA36	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.165 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da78',
    500: '#bbca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca36;
$custom-light: #d3da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.081,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80171,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA36

secondary

#373174

accent

#46E156

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA36

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

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