#BBC456#BBC456

#BBC456 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.134 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC456
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 56.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -18.16, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 56.14, 108.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0533 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.134 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9141, 50.7173, 16.3837)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC456 #5F56C4

analogous

#C49656 #BBC456 #84C456

triadic

#BBC456 #56BBC4 #C456BB

tetradic

#BBC456 #56C496 #5F56C4 #C45684

square

#BBC456 #56C496 #5F56C4 #C45684

split-complementary

#BBC456 #5684C4 #9656C4

monochromatic

#707629 #9BA439 #BBC456 #CDD483 #E0E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BBC456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC456

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC456	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	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)

#D1BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.134 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d589',
    500: '#bbc456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc456;
$custom-light: #d2d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.909,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79119,
    "c": 0.13438,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC456

secondary

#443F7F

accent

#50D85B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC456

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

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