#BBCB39#BBCB39

#BBCB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.164 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB39
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 57)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 71.9%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.21, -23.48, 66.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.21, 70.65, 109.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.071 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.164 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5891, 53.5727, 11.9671)
Luminance	0.5357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB39 #4939CB

analogous

#CB9239 #BBCB39 #72CB39

triadic

#BBCB39 #39BBCB #CB39BB

tetradic

#BBCB39 #39CB92 #4939CB #CB3972

square

#BBCB39 #39CB92 #4939CB #CB3972

split-complementary

#BBCB39 #3972CB #9239CB

monochromatic

#646D1D #919D29 #BBCB39 #CCD869 #DCE49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBCB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BBCB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB39

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB39	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)

#D9C11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7BFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.164 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3da79',
    500: '#bbcb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb39;
$custom-light: #d3da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.575,
    "s": 58.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80413,
    "c": 0.16396,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB39

secondary

#393276

accent

#46E257

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB39

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

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