#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
RGBrgb(187, 208, 55)
HSLhsl(68, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(68, 74%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(10.1%, 0%, 73.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(79.59, -25.99, 68.63)
CIE-LCHlch(79.59, 73.38, 110.74°)
OKLaboklab(81.51% -0.0782 0.1517)
OKLCHoklch(81.51% 0.171 117.3)
XYZxyz(43.7400, 55.9529, 12.1095)
Luminance0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##BBD0371.001.7212.1912.19
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1921.001.001.00
##00000012.1921.001.001.00

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

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#BBD037 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva