#BBC457#BBC457

#BBC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.133 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC457
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 55.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -18.08, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 55.69, 108.94°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0529 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.133 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.9546, 50.7335, 16.5974)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC457 #6057C4

analogous

#C49657 #BBC457 #84C457

triadic

#BBC457 #57BBC4 #C457BB

tetradic

#BBC457 #57C496 #6057C4 #C45784

square

#BBC457 #57C496 #6057C4 #C45784

split-complementary

#BBC457 #5784C4 #9657C4

monochromatic

#70772A #9BA43A #BBC457 #CDD484 #E0E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC457

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC457	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.133 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d58a',
    500: '#bbc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc457;
$custom-light: #d2d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.954,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7913,
    "c": 0.13348,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC457

secondary

#453F80

accent

#50D85B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC457

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

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