#BBC556#BBC556

#BBC556 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	#BBC556
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 56.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -18.66, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 56.59, 109.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.0547 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.136 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1404, 51.1699, 16.4592)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC556 #6056C5

analogous

#C59756 #BBC556 #84C556

triadic

#BBC556 #56BBC5 #C556BB

tetradic

#BBC556 #56C597 #6056C5 #C55684

square

#BBC556 #56C597 #6056C5 #C55684

split-complementary

#BBC556 #5684C5 #9756C5

monochromatic

#707829 #9BA539 #BBC556 #CDD584 #E0E4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#BBC556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC556

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC556	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)

#D2BC4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.136 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d689',
    500: '#bbc556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc556;
$custom-light: #d2d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.405,
    "s": 48.899,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79339,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC556

secondary

#453F80

accent

#4FD85C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC556

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

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