#BBC157#BBC157

#BBC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.130 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC157
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 54.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.70, -16.58, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.70, 54.33, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.0487 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.13 112)
XYZ	xyz(41.2847, 49.3937, 16.3741)
Luminance	0.4939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC157 #5D57C1

analogous

#C19257 #BBC157 #86C157

triadic

#BBC157 #57BBC1 #C157BB

tetradic

#BBC157 #57C192 #5D57C1 #C15786

square

#BBC157 #57C192 #5D57C1 #C15786

split-complementary

#BBC157 #5786C1 #9257C1

monochromatic

#6F732A #9AA03B #BBC157 #CDD184 #DFE2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#BBC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC157

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC157	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)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.130 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d38a',
    500: '#bbc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc157;
$custom-light: #d2d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.396,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78474,
    "c": 0.12999,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC157

secondary

#A6A4D0

accent

#52D65A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC157

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

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