#BBD037#BBD037

#BBD037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.171 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD037
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -25.99, 68.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 73.38, 110.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.51% -0.0782 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.51% 0.171 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7400, 55.9529, 12.1095)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD037 #4C37D0

analogous

#D09837 #BBD037 #6FD037

triadic

#BBD037 #37BBD0 #D037BB

tetradic

#BBD037 #37D098 #4C37D0 #D0376F

square

#BBD037 #37D098 #4C37D0 #D0376F

split-complementary

#BBD037 #376FD0 #9837D0

monochromatic

#66721B #92A326 #BBD037 #CCDC69 #DDE79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBD037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BBD037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD037

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD037	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.171 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de79',
    500: '#bbd037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd037;
$custom-light: #d3de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 61.943,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81513,
    "c": 0.17061,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD037

secondary

#3B307B

accent

#43E559

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD037

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

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