#BBC55B#BBC55B

#BBC55B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.131 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC55B
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 91)
HSL	hsl(66, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 53.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -18.25, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 54.35, 109.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.053 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.131 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3489, 51.2533, 17.5575)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC55B #655BC5

analogous

#C59A5B #BBC55B #86C55B

triadic

#BBC55B #5BBBC5 #C55BBB

tetradic

#BBC55B #5BC59A #655BC5 #C55B86

square

#BBC55B #5BC59A #655BC5 #C55B86

split-complementary

#BBC55B #5B86C5 #9A5BC5

monochromatic

#737A2B #9DA83B #BBC55B #CED588 #E0E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#BBC55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC55B

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC55B	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.131 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d68d',
    500: '#bbc55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc55b;
$custom-light: #d1d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.66,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79395,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC55B

secondary

#474183

accent

#50D75D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC55B

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

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