#BBC561#BBC561

#BBC561 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC561
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(66, 46%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(66, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -17.72, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 51.59, 110.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.47% -0.0509 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(79.47% 0.125 114)
XYZ	xyz(42.6182, 51.3610, 18.9755)
Luminance	0.5136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC561 #6B61C5

analogous

#C59D61 #BBC561 #89C561

triadic

#BBC561 #61BBC5 #C561BB

tetradic

#BBC561 #61C59D #6B61C5 #C56189

square

#BBC561 #61C59D #6B61C5 #C56189

split-complementary

#BBC561 #6189C5 #9D61C5

monochromatic

#767E2E #A0AA3F #BBC561 #CED58E #E2E6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BBC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC561

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC561	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d690',
    500: '#bbc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc561;
$custom-light: #d1d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79468,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.5136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC561

secondary

#4B4486

accent

#52D65F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC561

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

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