#BBCB38#BBCB38

#BBCB38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.165 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB38
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 72.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -23.52, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 70.98, 109.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0712 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.165 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5644, 53.5629, 11.8370)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB38 #4838CB

analogous

#CB9238 #BBCB38 #71CB38

triadic

#BBCB38 #38BBCB #CB38BB

tetradic

#BBCB38 #38CB92 #4838CB #CB3871

square

#BBCB38 #38CB92 #4838CB #CB3871

split-complementary

#BBCB38 #3871CB #9238CB

monochromatic

#646C1C #909D29 #BBCB38 #CCD869 #DCE499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBCB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BBCB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB38

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB38	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.165 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da79',
    500: '#bbcb38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb38;
$custom-light: #d3da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.531,
    "s": 58.566,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80406,
    "c": 0.16455,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB38

secondary

#393176

accent

#46E257

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB38

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

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