#BBC755#BBC755

#BBC755 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.139 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC755
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 85)
HSL	hsl(66, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(66, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 57.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -19.73, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 57.95, 109.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0578 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.139 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5575, 52.0682, 16.4008)
Luminance	0.5207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC755 #6155C7

analogous

#C79A55 #BBC755 #82C755

triadic

#BBC755 #55BBC7 #C755BB

tetradic

#BBC755 #55C79A #6155C7 #C75582

square

#BBC755 #55C79A #6155C7 #C75582

split-complementary

#BBC755 #5582C7 #9A55C7

monochromatic

#717A28 #9CA837 #BBC755 #CDD683 #E0E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#BBC755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC755

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC755	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.139 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d789',
    500: '#bbc755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc755;
$custom-light: #d2d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.316,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79767,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC755

secondary

#453E82

accent

#4EDA5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC755

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

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