#BBCC39#BBCC39

#BBCC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.165 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC39
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 57)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 72.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -23.96, 66.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 71.06, 109.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0724 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.165 116)
XYZ	xyz(42.8260, 54.0466, 12.0461)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC39 #4A39CC

analogous

#CC9339 #BBCC39 #71CC39

triadic

#BBCC39 #39BBCC #CC39BB

tetradic

#BBCC39 #39CC93 #4A39CC #CC3971

square

#BBCC39 #39CC93 #4A39CC #CC3971

split-complementary

#BBCC39 #3971CC #9339CC

monochromatic

#656E1C #919F29 #BBCC39 #CCD96A #DCE59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BBCC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC39

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC39	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)

#DAC11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.165 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3db79',
    500: '#bbcc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc39;
$custom-light: #d3db79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.939,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80635,
    "c": 0.16506,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.54046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC39

secondary

#3A3278

accent

#46E258

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC39

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

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