#BBC555#BBC555

#BBC555 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.136 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC555
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 85)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 57%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 56.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -18.74, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 57.03, 109.18°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.055 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.136 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1004, 51.1539, 16.2485)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC555 #5F55C5

analogous

#C59755 #BBC555 #83C555

triadic

#BBC555 #55BBC5 #C555BB

tetradic

#BBC555 #55C597 #5F55C5 #C55583

square

#BBC555 #55C597 #5F55C5 #C55583

split-complementary

#BBC555 #5583C5 #9755C5

monochromatic

#707729 #9BA538 #BBC555 #CDD583 #E0E4B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BBC555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC555

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC555	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.136 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d689',
    500: '#bbc555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc555;
$custom-light: #d2d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.357,
    "s": 49.123,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79328,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC555

secondary

#443E80

accent

#4FD95B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC555

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

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