#BBC159#BBC159

#BBC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.128 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC159
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(63, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(63, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 53.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -16.41, 50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 53.42, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.048 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.128 112)
XYZ	xyz(41.3676, 49.4268, 16.8104)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC159 #5F59C1

analogous

#C19359 #BBC159 #87C159

triadic

#BBC159 #59BBC1 #C159BB

tetradic

#BBC159 #59C193 #5F59C1 #C15987

square

#BBC159 #59C193 #5F59C1 #C15987

split-complementary

#BBC159 #5987C1 #9359C1

monochromatic

#70742B #9BA13C #BBC159 #CDD286 #E0E2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#BBC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC159

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC159	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.128 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d38b',
    500: '#bbc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc159;
$custom-light: #d2d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 45.614,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78497,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC159

secondary

#A8A5D1

accent

#53D55A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC159

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

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