#BBC05B#BBC05B

#BBC05B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.125 H 111.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC05B
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 91)
HSL	hsl(63, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 52.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.46, -15.74, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.46, 52.05, 107.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0459 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.125 111.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2324, 49.0202, 17.1853)
Luminance	0.4902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC05B #605BC0

analogous

#C0925B #BBC05B #89C05B

triadic

#BBC05B #5BBBC0 #C05BBB

tetradic

#BBC05B #5BC092 #605BC0 #C05B89

square

#BBC05B #5BC092 #605BC0 #C05B89

split-complementary

#BBC05B #5B89C0 #925BC0

monochromatic

#70742D #9BA03E #BBC05B #CDD187 #E0E2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#BBC05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#BBC05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC05B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC05B	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)

#CDB851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.125 111.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d28c',
    500: '#bbc05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc05b;
$custom-light: #d1d28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.97,
    "s": 44.493,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78302,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 111.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC05B

secondary

#A8A6D0

accent

#54D45A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC05B

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

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