#BBCD37#BBCD37

#BBCD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.167 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD37
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 55)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.75, -24.54, 67.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.75, 72.14, 109.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0742 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.167 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0155, 54.5039, 11.8680)
Luminance	0.5450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD37 #4937CD

analogous

#CD9437 #BBCD37 #70CD37

triadic

#BBCD37 #37BBCD #CD37BB

tetradic

#BBCD37 #37CD94 #4937CD #CD3770

square

#BBCD37 #37CD94 #4937CD #CD3770

split-complementary

#BBCD37 #3770CD #9437CD

monochromatic

#646E1C #919F28 #BBCD37 #CCD968 #DCE599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBCD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#BBCD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD37

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD37	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)

#DBC218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.167 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc79',
    500: '#bbcd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd37;
$custom-light: #d3dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80845,
    "c": 0.16731,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD37

secondary

#393177

accent

#45E358

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD37

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

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