#BBCC36#BBCC36

#BBCC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.167 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC36
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -24.10, 67.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 72.05, 109.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.073 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.167 116)
XYZ	xyz(42.7534, 54.0175, 11.6635)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC36 #4736CC

analogous

#CC9236 #BBCC36 #70CC36

triadic

#BBCC36 #36BBCC #CC36BB

tetradic

#BBCC36 #36CC92 #4736CC #CC3670

square

#BBCC36 #36CC92 #4736CC #CC3670

split-complementary

#BBCC36 #3670CC #9236CC

monochromatic

#636C1B #909D28 #BBCC36 #CCD867 #DCE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#BBCC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC36

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC36	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC116

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.167 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3db78',
    500: '#bbcc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc36;
$custom-light: #d3db78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80616,
    "c": 0.16678,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.54017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC36

secondary

#383076

accent

#45E357

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC36

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

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