#BBC057#BBC057

#BBC057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.129 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC057
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 54.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -16.07, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 53.88, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0472 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.129 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0644, 48.9531, 16.3007)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC057 #5C57C0

analogous

#C09157 #BBC057 #87C057

triadic

#BBC057 #57BBC0 #C057BB

tetradic

#BBC057 #57C091 #5C57C0 #C05787

square

#BBC057 #57C091 #5C57C0 #C05787

split-complementary

#BBC057 #5787C0 #9157C0

monochromatic

#6F722B #9A9E3B #BBC057 #CDD184 #DFE1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#BBC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#BBC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC057

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC057	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)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.129 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28a',
    500: '#bbc057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc057;
$custom-light: #d2d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.857,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78255,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC057

secondary

#A5A3D0

accent

#53D559

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC057

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

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