#BBC557#BBC557

#BBC557 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.135 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC557
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 87)
HSL	hsl(65, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(65, 56%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 55.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -18.58, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 56.15, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% -0.0543 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.135 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1809, 51.1861, 16.6728)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC557 #6157C5

analogous

#C59857 #BBC557 #84C557

triadic

#BBC557 #57BBC5 #C557BB

tetradic

#BBC557 #57C598 #6157C5 #C55784

square

#BBC557 #57C598 #6157C5 #C55784

split-complementary

#BBC557 #5784C5 #9857C5

monochromatic

#717829 #9CA639 #BBC557 #CDD584 #E0E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BBC557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC557

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC557	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.135 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d68a',
    500: '#bbc557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc557;
$custom-light: #d2d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7935,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC557

secondary

#453F81

accent

#50D85C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC557

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

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