#BBC55C#BBC55C

#BBC55C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.130 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BBC55C
RGBrgb(187, 197, 92)
HSLhsl(66, 48%, 57%)
HSVhsv(66, 53%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(5.1%, 0%, 53.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(76.84, -18.16, 50.74)
CIE-LCHlch(76.84, 53.90, 109.69°)
OKLaboklab(79.41% -0.0527 0.1189)
OKLCHoklch(79.41% 0.13 113.9)
XYZxyz(42.3923, 51.2707, 17.7862)
Luminance0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BBC55C #665CC5
analogous
#C59B5C #BBC55C #87C55C
triadic
#BBC55C #5CBBC5 #C55CBB
tetradic
#BBC55C #5CC59B #665CC5 #C55C87
square
#BBC55C #5CC59B #665CC5 #C55C87
split-complementary
#BBC55C #5C87C5 #9B5CC5
monochromatic
#737B2C #9EA83C #BBC55C #CED589 #E1E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#BBC55C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25
#BBC55C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC55C
11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BBC55C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BBC55C1.001.8711.2511.25
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2521.001.001.00
##00000011.2521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BD52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BF62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6BBAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bbc55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.130 113.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d68d',
    500: '#bbc55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bbc55c;
$custom-light: #d1d68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bbc55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 47.511,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79407,
    "c": 0.13005,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BBC55C
secondary
#484283
accent
#51D75D
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF4
border
#D4D4CE
text
#14140C
muted
#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC55C

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#BBC55C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva