#BBCD36#BBCD36

#BBCD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.168 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD36
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -24.59, 68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 72.46, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0744 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.168 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.9918, 54.4944, 11.7430)
Luminance	0.5449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD36 #4836CD

analogous

#CD9336 #BBCD36 #6FCD36

triadic

#BBCD36 #36BBCD #CD36BB

tetradic

#BBCD36 #36CD93 #4836CD #CD366F

square

#BBCD36 #36CD93 #4836CD #CD366F

split-complementary

#BBCD36 #366FCD #9336CD

monochromatic

#646D1B #909E27 #BBCD36 #CCD967 #DCE598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBCD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#BBCD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD36

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD36	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC215

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.168 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc78',
    500: '#bbcd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd36;
$custom-light: #d3dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.152,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80838,
    "c": 0.16787,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD36

secondary

#393077

accent

#44E357

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD36

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

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