#BBD938#BBD938

#BBD938 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.180 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD938
RGB	rgb(187, 217, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 68%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 74.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, -30.21, 70.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 76.86, 113.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0897 0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.18 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0211, 60.4762, 12.9893)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD938 #5638D9

analogous

#D9A638 #BBD938 #6AD938

triadic

#BBD938 #38BBD9 #D938BB

tetradic

#BBD938 #38D9A6 #5638D9 #D9386A

square

#BBD938 #38D9A6 #5638D9 #D9386A

split-complementary

#BBD938 #386AD9 #A638D9

monochromatic

#6B7E18 #97B222 #BBD938 #CDE36B #DEED9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BBD938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#BBD938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD938

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD938	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 217, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.180 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3e47a',
    500: '#bbd938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd938;
$custom-light: #d3e47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.18,
    "s": 67.932,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83535,
    "c": 0.18008,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD938

secondary

#403086

accent

#3DEB5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#15150A

muted

#84847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD938

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

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