#BBCC38#BBCC38

#BBCC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.166 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC38
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 56)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 72.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -24.01, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 71.40, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0726 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.166 116)
XYZ	xyz(42.8013, 54.0367, 11.9160)
Luminance	0.5404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC38 #4938CC

analogous

#CC9338 #BBCC38 #71CC38

triadic

#BBCC38 #38BBCC #CC38BB

tetradic

#BBCC38 #38CC93 #4938CC #CC3871

square

#BBCC38 #38CC93 #4938CC #CC3871

split-complementary

#BBCC38 #3871CC #9338CC

monochromatic

#646E1C #919E29 #BBCC38 #CCD869 #DCE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BBCC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC38

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC38	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.166 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3db79',
    500: '#bbcc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc38;
$custom-light: #d3db79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.892,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80628,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.54036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC38

secondary

#393177

accent

#45E257

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC38

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

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