#BBD738#BBD738

#BBD738 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; 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	#BBD738
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 67%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 74%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -29.27, 70.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 76.01, 112.65°)
OKLab	oklab(83.09% -0.0871 0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(83.09% 0.178 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5087, 59.4515, 12.8185)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD738 #5438D7

analogous

#D7A338 #BBD738 #6BD738

triadic

#BBD738 #38BBD7 #D738BB

tetradic

#BBD738 #38D7A3 #5438D7 #D7386B

square

#BBD738 #38D7A3 #5438D7 #D7386B

split-complementary

#BBD738 #386BD7 #A338D7

monochromatic

#6A7C19 #96AF23 #BBD738 #CCE16B #DEEB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBD738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#BBD738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD738

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD738	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)

#E5CB14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.178 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e37a',
    500: '#bbd738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd738;
$custom-light: #d3e37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.566,
    "s": 66.527,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83086,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD738

secondary

#3F3083

accent

#3EE95C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD738

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

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