#BBCE38#BBCE38

#BBCE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.168 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE38
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 72.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.04, -24.98, 67.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.04, 72.22, 110.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0753 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.168 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2797, 54.9935, 12.0755)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE38 #4B38CE

analogous

#CE9638 #BBCE38 #70CE38

triadic

#BBCE38 #38BBCE #CE38BB

tetradic

#BBCE38 #38CE96 #4B38CE #CE3870

square

#BBCE38 #38CE96 #4B38CE #CE3870

split-complementary

#BBCE38 #3870CE #9638CE

monochromatic

#65701C #92A128 #BBCE38 #CCDA69 #DDE69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#BBCE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE38

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE38	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.168 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dc79',
    500: '#bbce38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce38;
$custom-light: #d3dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.6,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81074,
    "c": 0.16783,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE38

secondary

#3A3179

accent

#44E458

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE38

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

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