#BBC857#BBC857

#BBC857 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.138 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC857
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 56.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -20.07, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 57.53, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.0585 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.138 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.8689, 52.5621, 16.9022)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC857 #6457C8

analogous

#C89D57 #BBC857 #83C857

triadic

#BBC857 #57BBC8 #C857BB

tetradic

#BBC857 #57C89D #6457C8 #C85783

square

#BBC857 #57C89D #6457C8 #C85783

split-complementary

#BBC857 #5783C8 #9D57C8

monochromatic

#727C29 #9DAA38 #BBC857 #CED785 #E0E6B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BBC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC857

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC857	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)

#D5BF4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.138 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d88a',
    500: '#bbc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc857;
$custom-light: #d2d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.903,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80009,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC857

secondary

#473F84

accent

#4EDA5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC857

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

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