#BBC550#BBC550

#BBC550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.141 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC550
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 80)
HSL	hsl(65, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(65, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 59.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -19.12, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 59.20, 108.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.0566 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.141 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9087, 51.0772, 15.2391)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC550 #5A50C5

analogous

#C59550 #BBC550 #81C550

triadic

#BBC550 #50BBC5 #C550BB

tetradic

#BBC550 #50C595 #5A50C5 #C55081

square

#BBC550 #50C595 #5A50C5 #C55081

split-complementary

#BBC550 #5081C5 #9550C5

monochromatic

#6D7426 #99A236 #BBC550 #CDD47E #DFE3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BBC550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC550

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC550	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.141 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d686',
    500: '#bbc550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc550;
$custom-light: #d2d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.128,
    "s": 50.215,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79276,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC550

secondary

#423C7D

accent

#4EDA5A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC550

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

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