#BBC459#BBC459

#BBC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.132 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC459
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(65, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 55%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 54.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -17.92, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 54.79, 109.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.0523 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.132 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0375, 50.7667, 17.0337)
Luminance	0.5077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC459 #6259C4

analogous

#C49759 #BBC459 #85C459

triadic

#BBC459 #59BBC4 #C459BB

tetradic

#BBC459 #59C497 #6259C4 #C45985

square

#BBC459 #59C497 #6259C4 #C45985

split-complementary

#BBC459 #5985C4 #9759C4

monochromatic

#71782B #9CA53B #BBC459 #CDD486 #E0E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC459

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC459	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)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.132 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d58b',
    500: '#bbc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc459;
$custom-light: #d2d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.047,
    "s": 47.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79153,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC459

secondary

#464081

accent

#51D75C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC459

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

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