#BBD038#BBD038

#BBD038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.170 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD038
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 73.1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -25.94, 68.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 73.06, 110.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0779 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.17 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7642, 55.9626, 12.2370)
Luminance	0.5596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD038 #4D38D0

analogous

#D09938 #BBD038 #6FD038

triadic

#BBD038 #38BBD0 #D038BB

tetradic

#BBD038 #38D099 #4D38D0 #D0386F

square

#BBD038 #38D099 #4D38D0 #D0386F

split-complementary

#BBD038 #386FD0 #9938D0

monochromatic

#66731B #93A427 #BBD038 #CCDC6A #DDE79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBD038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#BBD038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD038

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD038	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)

#DEC518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.170 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3de79',
    500: '#bbd038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd038;
$custom-light: #d3de79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.289,
    "s": 61.789,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8152,
    "c": 0.17003,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD038

secondary

#3B317B

accent

#43E559

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD038

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

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