#BBC359#BBC359

#BBC359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.130 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC359
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -17.42, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 54.33, 108.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0508 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.13 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8127, 50.3170, 16.9588)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC359 #6159C3

analogous

#C39659 #BBC359 #86C359

triadic

#BBC359 #59BBC3 #C359BB

tetradic

#BBC359 #59C396 #6159C3 #C35986

square

#BBC359 #59C396 #6159C3 #C35986

split-complementary

#BBC359 #5986C3 #9659C3

monochromatic

#71772B #9CA43B #BBC359 #CDD386 #E0E3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#BBC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC359

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC359	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)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.130 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d58b',
    500: '#bbc359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc359;
$custom-light: #d2d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.528,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78934,
    "c": 0.13048,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC359

secondary

#454180

accent

#51D75B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC359

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

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