#BBC056#BBC056

#BBC056 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.130 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC056
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 55.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -16.15, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 54.33, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0476 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.13 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0238, 48.9368, 16.0870)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC056 #5B56C0

analogous

#C09056 #BBC056 #86C056

triadic

#BBC056 #56BBC0 #C056BB

tetradic

#BBC056 #56C090 #5B56C0 #C05686

square

#BBC056 #56C090 #5B56C0 #C05686

split-complementary

#BBC056 #5686C0 #9056C0

monochromatic

#6E712A #999E3B #BBC056 #CDD183 #DFE1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBC056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BBC056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC056

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC056	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.130 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d289',
    500: '#bbc056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc056;
$custom-light: #d2d289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.83,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78244,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC056

secondary

#A5A2CF

accent

#52D559

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC056

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

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