#BBC255#BBC255

#BBC255 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.133 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC255
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -17.24, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 55.68, 108.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0508 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.133 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4259, 49.8051, 16.0237)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC255 #5C55C2

analogous

#C29255 #BBC255 #85C255

triadic

#BBC255 #55BBC2 #C255BB

tetradic

#BBC255 #55C292 #5C55C2 #C25585

square

#BBC255 #55C292 #5C55C2 #C25585

split-complementary

#BBC255 #5585C2 #9255C2

monochromatic

#6F7329 #9AA03A #BBC255 #CDD282 #DFE2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC255

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC255	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.133 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d489',
    500: '#bbc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc255;
$custom-light: #d2d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.853,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7867,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC255

secondary

#A5A2D0

accent

#51D75A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC255

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

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