#BBC455#BBC455

#BBC455 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.135 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC455
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 56.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -18.24, 53.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 56.58, 108.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0536 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.135 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.8741, 50.7013, 16.1730)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC455 #5E55C4

analogous

#C49655 #BBC455 #83C455

triadic

#BBC455 #55BBC4 #C455BB

tetradic

#BBC455 #55C496 #5E55C4 #C45583

square

#BBC455 #55C496 #5E55C4 #C45583

split-complementary

#BBC455 #5583C4 #9655C4

monochromatic

#707629 #9BA339 #BBC455 #CDD482 #DFE4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BBC455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC455

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC455	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.135 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d589',
    500: '#bbc455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc455;
$custom-light: #d2d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.865,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79108,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC455

secondary

#443F7F

accent

#50D85B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC455

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

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