#BBC657#BBC657

#BBC657 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.136 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC657
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 87)
HSL	hsl(66, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 56.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -19.08, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 56.61, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0558 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.136 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4088, 51.6418, 16.7488)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC657 #6257C6

analogous

#C69957 #BBC657 #83C657

triadic

#BBC657 #57BBC6 #C657BB

tetradic

#BBC657 #57C699 #6257C6 #C65783

square

#BBC657 #57C699 #6257C6 #C65783

split-complementary

#BBC657 #5783C6 #9957C6

monochromatic

#717929 #9CA739 #BBC657 #CDD685 #E0E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BBC657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC657

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC657	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.136 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d78a',
    500: '#bbc657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc657;
$custom-light: #d2d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.946,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79569,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC657

secondary

#463F82

accent

#4FD95D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC657

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

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