#BBC059#BBC059

#BBC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.127 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC059
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.44, -15.91, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.44, 52.97, 107.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0466 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.127 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1472, 48.9862, 16.7370)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC059 #5E59C0

analogous

#C09259 #BBC059 #87C059

triadic

#BBC059 #59BBC0 #C059BB

tetradic

#BBC059 #59C092 #5E59C0 #C05987

square

#BBC059 #59C092 #5E59C0 #C05987

split-complementary

#BBC059 #5987C0 #9259C0

monochromatic

#70732C #9B9F3C #BBC059 #CDD185 #DFE2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BBC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC059

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC059	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.127 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d28b',
    500: '#bbc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc059;
$custom-light: #d2d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.913,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78278,
    "c": 0.12698,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC059

secondary

#A7A5D0

accent

#53D559

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC059

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

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