#BBC256#BBC256

#BBC256 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.132 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC256
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -17.16, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 55.23, 108.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.0504 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.132 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4659, 49.8211, 16.2344)
Luminance	0.4982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC256 #5D56C2

analogous

#C29356 #BBC256 #85C256

triadic

#BBC256 #56BBC2 #C256BB

tetradic

#BBC256 #56C293 #5D56C2 #C25685

square

#BBC256 #56C293 #5D56C2 #C25685

split-complementary

#BBC256 #5685C2 #9356C2

monochromatic

#6F742A #9AA13A #BBC256 #CDD283 #DFE2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC256

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC256	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)

#CFBA4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.132 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d489',
    500: '#bbc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc256;
$custom-light: #d2d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.889,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78681,
    "c": 0.13205,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC256

secondary

#A6A3D1

accent

#51D75A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC256

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

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