#BBC356#BBC356

#BBC356 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.133 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC356
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(64, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 55.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -17.66, 52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 55.68, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0518 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.133 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6893, 50.2677, 16.3088)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC356 #5E56C3

analogous

#C39556 #BBC356 #84C356

triadic

#BBC356 #56BBC3 #C356BB

tetradic

#BBC356 #56C395 #5E56C3 #C35684

square

#BBC356 #56C395 #5E56C3 #C35684

split-complementary

#BBC356 #5684C3 #9556C3

monochromatic

#70752A #9BA23A #BBC356 #CDD383 #DFE3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#BBC356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC356

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC356	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.133 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d589',
    500: '#bbc356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc356;
$custom-light: #d2d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.404,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.789,
    "c": 0.13321,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC356

secondary

#443F7E

accent

#51D75A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC356

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

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