#BBC55E#BBC55E

#BBC55E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.128 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC55E
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(66, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(66, 52%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 52.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -17.99, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 52.98, 109.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.052 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.128 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4809, 51.3061, 18.2527)
Luminance	0.5131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC55E #685EC5

analogous

#C59C5E #BBC55E #88C55E

triadic

#BBC55E #5EBBC5 #C55EBB

tetradic

#BBC55E #5EC59C #685EC5 #C55E88

square

#BBC55E #5EC59C #685EC5 #C55E88

split-complementary

#BBC55E #5E88C5 #9C5EC5

monochromatic

#747C2D #9EA93D #BBC55E #CED58B #E1E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#BBC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC55E

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC55E	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	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)

#D1BD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.128 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d68e',
    500: '#bbc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc55e;
$custom-light: #d1d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.825,
    "s": 47.032,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79431,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC55E

secondary

#494384

accent

#51D75E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC55E

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

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