#BBC659#BBC659

#BBC659 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.134 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC659
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(66, 49%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 55.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -18.91, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 55.72, 109.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0551 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.134 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4916, 51.6749, 17.1851)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC659 #6459C6

analogous

#C69B59 #BBC659 #85C659

triadic

#BBC659 #59BBC6 #C659BB

tetradic

#BBC659 #59C69B #6459C6 #C65985

square

#BBC659 #59C69B #6459C6 #C65985

split-complementary

#BBC659 #5985C6 #9B59C6

monochromatic

#727B2A #9DA83A #BBC659 #CED687 #E0E5B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BBC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC659

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC659	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)

#D3BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.134 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d78b',
    500: '#bbc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc659;
$custom-light: #d2d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.055,
    "s": 48.879,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79591,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC659

secondary

#474083

accent

#4FD85D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC659

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

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