#BBC259#BBC259
#BBC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.129 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #BBC259 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(187, 194, 89) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 46%, 55%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 54%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 54.1%, 23.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.99, -16.91, 51.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.99, 53.88, 108.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.72% -0.0494 0.1195) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.72% 0.129 112.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.5894, 49.8704, 16.8843) |
| Luminance | 0.4987 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Greenish Beige
#C9D179
ΔE00 4.78
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 4.82
Greenish Tan
#BCCB7A
ΔE00 5.23
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 5.28
Darkkhaki
#BDB76B
ΔE00 5.61
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 6.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#BBC259 #6059C2
analogous
#C29459 #BBC259 #86C259
triadic
#BBC259 #59BBC2 #C259BB
tetradic
#BBC259 #59C294 #6059C2 #C25986
square
#BBC259 #59C294 #6059C2 #C25986
split-complementary
#BBC259 #5986C2 #9459C2
monochromatic
#70752B #9BA23C #BBC259 #CDD286 #E0E3B3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#BBC259 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.97
#BBC259 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #BBC259
10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##BBC259 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##BBC259 | 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)
#CFBA4F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBD5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6B8AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #bbc259; /* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 89); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.129 112.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d2d48b',
500: '#bbc259',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #bbc259; $custom-light: #d2d48b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#bbc259",
"rgb": {
"r": 187,
"g": 194,
"b": 89
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64,
"s": 46.256,
"l": 55.49
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78715,
"c": 0.1293,
"h": 112.5
},
"luminance": 0.4987
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#BBC259
secondary
#A8A6D1
accent
#52D65B
background
#FDFCF8
surface
#FAF9F0
border
#D3D2CB
text
#14140C
muted
#83827D