#BBC357#BBC357

#BBC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.132 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC357
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(64, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 55.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, -17.58, 52.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 55.24, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.0515 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.132 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7298, 50.2839, 16.5225)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC357 #5F57C3

analogous

#C39557 #BBC357 #85C357

triadic

#BBC357 #57BBC3 #C357BB

tetradic

#BBC357 #57C395 #5F57C3 #C35785

square

#BBC357 #57C395 #5F57C3 #C35785

split-complementary

#BBC357 #5785C3 #9557C3

monochromatic

#70762A #9BA33A #BBC357 #CDD384 #E0E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BBC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC357

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC357	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.132 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d58a',
    500: '#bbc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc357;
$custom-light: #d2d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78911,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC357

secondary

#44407F

accent

#51D75B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC357

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

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