#BBC856#BBC856

#BBC856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.139 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC856
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -20.15, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 57.97, 110.34°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0589 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.139 115)
XYZ	xyz(42.8283, 52.5459, 16.6885)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC856 #6356C8

analogous

#C89C56 #BBC856 #82C856

triadic

#BBC856 #56BBC8 #C856BB

tetradic

#BBC856 #56C89C #6356C8 #C85682

square

#BBC856 #56C89C #6356C8 #C85682

split-complementary

#BBC856 #5682C8 #9C56C8

monochromatic

#727B28 #9DAA37 #BBC856 #CED784 #E0E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BBC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC856

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC856	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	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)

#D5BF4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.139 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d88a',
    500: '#bbc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc856;
$custom-light: #d2d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.842,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79998,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.52545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC856

secondary

#463F84

accent

#4DDA5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC856

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

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