#BBCF38#BBCF38

#BBCF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.169 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCF38
RGB	rgb(187, 207, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 72.9%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -25.46, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 72.64, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0766 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.169 117)
XYZ	xyz(43.5212, 55.4765, 12.1560)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCF38 #4C38CF

analogous

#CF9838 #BBCF38 #70CF38

triadic

#BBCF38 #38BBCF #CF38BB

tetradic

#BBCF38 #38CF98 #4C38CF #CF3870

square

#BBCF38 #38CF98 #4C38CF #CF3870

split-complementary

#BBCF38 #3870CF #9838CF

monochromatic

#66711B #92A327 #BBCF38 #CCDB69 #DDE79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#BBCF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCF38

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCF38	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC419

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 207, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.169 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3dd79',
    500: '#bbcf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcf38;
$custom-light: #d3dd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.947,
    "s": 61.134,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81297,
    "c": 0.16893,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.55476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCF38

secondary

#3B317A

accent

#44E459

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCF38

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

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