#BBC053#BBC053

#BBC053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.132 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC053
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(63, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 56.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.38, -16.39, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.38, 55.68, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.0486 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.132 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9055, 48.8895, 15.4637)
Luminance	0.4889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC053 #5853C0

analogous

#C08F53 #BBC053 #85C053

triadic

#BBC053 #53BBC0 #C053BB

tetradic

#BBC053 #53C08F #5853C0 #C05385

square

#BBC053 #53C08F #5853C0 #C05385

split-complementary

#BBC053 #5385C0 #8F53C0

monochromatic

#6C7029 #989C39 #BBC053 #CDD080 #DEE1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBC053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#BBC053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC053

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC053	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C7B5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.132 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d287',
    500: '#bbc053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc053;
$custom-light: #d2d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.752,
    "s": 46.383,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78211,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC053

secondary

#A2A0CF

accent

#52D658

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC053

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

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