#BBC65B#BBC65B

#BBC65B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.132 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BBC65B
RGBrgb(187, 198, 91)
HSLhsl(66, 48%, 57%)
HSVhsv(66, 54%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 0%, 54%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(77.11, -18.75, 51.51)
CIE-LCHlch(77.11, 54.82, 110.00°)
OKLaboklab(79.61% -0.0544 0.1205)
OKLCHoklch(79.61% 0.132 114.3)
XYZxyz(42.5767, 51.7090, 17.6334)
Luminance0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BBC65B #665BC6
analogous
#C69C5B #BBC65B #86C65B
triadic
#BBC65B #5BBBC6 #C65BBB
tetradic
#BBC65B #5BC69C #665BC6 #C65B86
square
#BBC65B #5BC69C #665BC6 #C65B86
split-complementary
#BBC65B #5B86C6 #9C5BC6
monochromatic
#737C2B #9EA93B #BBC65B #CED688 #E1E6B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#BBC65B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34
#BBC65B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC65B
11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BBC65B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BBC65B1.001.8511.3411.34
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3421.001.001.00
##00000011.3421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BD50
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BF61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6BCAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bbc65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.132 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d78d',
    500: '#bbc65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bbc65b;
$custom-light: #d2d78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bbc65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.168,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79614,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BBC65B
secondary
#484184
accent
#50D85E
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF4
border
#D4D4CE
text
#14140C
muted
#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC65B

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

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#BBC65B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva