#BBC853#BBC853

#BBC853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.142 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC853
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 58.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -20.38, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 59.27, 110.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% -0.0598 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.142 115)
XYZ	xyz(42.7100, 52.4985, 16.0652)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC853 #6053C8

analogous

#C89B53 #BBC853 #80C853

triadic

#BBC853 #53BBC8 #C853BB

tetradic

#BBC853 #53C89B #6053C8 #C85380

square

#BBC853 #53C89B #6053C8 #C85380

split-complementary

#BBC853 #5380C8 #9B53C8

monochromatic

#707A27 #9BA836 #BBC853 #CDD781 #E0E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BBC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC853

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC853	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BDAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.142 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d888',
    500: '#bbc853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc853;
$custom-light: #d2d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79967,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.52498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC853

secondary

#453D82

accent

#4DDB5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC853

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

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