#BBC156#BBC156

#BBC156 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.131 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC156
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 55.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -16.66, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 54.78, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.049 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.131 112)
XYZ	xyz(41.2441, 49.3775, 16.1604)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC156 #5C56C1

analogous

#C19156 #BBC156 #86C156

triadic

#BBC156 #56BBC1 #C156BB

tetradic

#BBC156 #56C191 #5C56C1 #C15686

square

#BBC156 #56C191 #5C56C1 #C15686

split-complementary

#BBC156 #5686C1 #9156C1

monochromatic

#6F732A #9A9F3A #BBC156 #CDD183 #DFE2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BBC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC156

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC156	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.131 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d389',
    500: '#bbc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc156;
$custom-light: #d2d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.364,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78462,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC156

secondary

#A5A3D0

accent

#52D659

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC156

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

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