#BBD737#BBD737

#BBD737 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.178 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD737
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 74.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -29.31, 70.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 76.32, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0873 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.178 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4845, 59.4418, 12.6909)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD737 #5337D7

analogous

#D7A337 #BBD737 #6BD737

triadic

#BBD737 #37BBD7 #D737BB

tetradic

#BBD737 #37D7A3 #5337D7 #D7376B

square

#BBD737 #37D7A3 #5337D7 #D7376B

split-complementary

#BBD737 #376BD7 #A337D7

monochromatic

#6A7B19 #96AE23 #BBD737 #CCE16A #DEEB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBD737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#BBD737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD737

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD737	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.178 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e37a',
    500: '#bbd737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd737;
$custom-light: #d3e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8308,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD737

secondary

#3E3083

accent

#3EEA5C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD737

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

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