#BBC855#BBC855

#BBC855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.140 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC855
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 57.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -20.23, 54.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 58.41, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0592 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.14 115)
XYZ	xyz(42.7883, 52.5299, 16.4778)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC855 #6255C8

analogous

#C89B55 #BBC855 #81C855

triadic

#BBC855 #55BBC8 #C855BB

tetradic

#BBC855 #55C89B #6255C8 #C85581

square

#BBC855 #55C89B #6255C8 #C85581

split-complementary

#BBC855 #5581C8 #9B55C8

monochromatic

#717B28 #9CA937 #BBC855 #CDD783 #E0E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BBC855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC855

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC855	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.140 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d889',
    500: '#bbc855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc855;
$custom-light: #d2d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.783,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79987,
    "c": 0.13998,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.52529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC855

secondary

#463E83

accent

#4DDB5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC855

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

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