#BBC257#BBC257

#BBC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.131 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC257
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -17.08, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 54.78, 108.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0501 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.131 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.5065, 49.8373, 16.4480)
Luminance	0.4984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC257 #5E57C2

analogous

#C29357 #BBC257 #86C257

triadic

#BBC257 #57BBC2 #C257BB

tetradic

#BBC257 #57C293 #5E57C2 #C25786

square

#BBC257 #57C293 #5E57C2 #C25786

split-complementary

#BBC257 #5786C2 #9357C2

monochromatic

#70742A #9BA13B #BBC257 #CDD284 #DFE3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BBC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC257

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC257	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.131 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d48a',
    500: '#bbc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc257;
$custom-light: #d2d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.925,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78692,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC257

secondary

#A7A4D1

accent

#51D65A

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF9F0

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC257

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

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