#BBCA38#BBCA38

#BBCA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.163 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA38
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -23.04, 66.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 70.57, 109.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0699 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.163 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.3290, 53.0921, 11.7586)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA38 #4738CA

analogous

#CA9038 #BBCA38 #72CA38

triadic

#BBCA38 #38BBCA #CA38BB

tetradic

#BBCA38 #38CA90 #4738CA #CA3872

square

#BBCA38 #38CA90 #4738CA #CA3872

split-complementary

#BBCA38 #3872CA #9038CA

monochromatic

#636B1D #909B29 #BBCA38 #CCD768 #DCE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBCA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#BBCA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA38

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA38	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.163 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da79',
    500: '#bbca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca38;
$custom-light: #d3da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.164,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80184,
    "c": 0.16346,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA38

secondary

#383175

accent

#47E157

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA38

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →