#BBC253#BBC253

#BBC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.135 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC253
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(64, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 57.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -17.39, 53.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 56.56, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0514 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.135 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3476, 49.7737, 15.6111)
Luminance	0.4977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC253 #5A53C2

analogous

#C29253 #BBC253 #84C253

triadic

#BBC253 #53BBC2 #C253BB

tetradic

#BBC253 #53C292 #5A53C2 #C25384

square

#BBC253 #53C292 #5A53C2 #C25384

split-complementary

#BBC253 #5384C2 #9253C2

monochromatic

#6D7228 #999F38 #BBC253 #CDD280 #DFE2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BBC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC253

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC253	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.135 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d487',
    500: '#bbc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc253;
$custom-light: #d2d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.784,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78648,
    "c": 0.13473,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC253

secondary

#A4A1D0

accent

#51D759

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC253

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

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