#BBC759#BBC759

#BBC759 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.135 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC759
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 55.3%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -19.41, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 56.18, 110.21°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0565 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.135 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.7209, 52.1336, 17.2615)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC759 #6559C7

analogous

#C79C59 #BBC759 #84C759

triadic

#BBC759 #59BBC7 #C759BB

tetradic

#BBC759 #59C79C #6559C7 #C75984

square

#BBC759 #59C79C #6559C7 #C75984

split-complementary

#BBC759 #5984C7 #9C59C7

monochromatic

#737C2A #9DAA39 #BBC759 #CED687 #E0E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#BBC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC759

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC759	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.135 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d78b',
    500: '#bbc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc759;
$custom-light: #d2d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.545,
    "s": 49.55,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79811,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC759

secondary

#474084

accent

#4FD95E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC759

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

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