#BBC55D#BBC55D

#BBC55D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.129 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC55D
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 53%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 52.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -18.08, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 53.44, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.42% -0.0523 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(79.42% 0.129 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4363, 51.2883, 18.0179)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC55D #675DC5

analogous

#C59B5D #BBC55D #87C55D

triadic

#BBC55D #5DBBC5 #C55DBB

tetradic

#BBC55D #5DC59B #675DC5 #C55D87

square

#BBC55D #5DC59B #675DC5 #C55D87

split-complementary

#BBC55D #5D87C5 #9B5DC5

monochromatic

#747B2C #9EA83C #BBC55D #CED58A #E1E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BBC55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC55D

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC55D	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.129 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d68e',
    500: '#bbc55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc55d;
$custom-light: #d1d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.769,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79419,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC55D

secondary

#494284

accent

#51D75E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC55D

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

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