#BBC859#BBC859

#BBC859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC859
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 56%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 55.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.64, -19.91, 53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.64, 56.65, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0579 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.136 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.9518, 52.5952, 17.3385)
Luminance	0.5260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC859 #6659C8

analogous

#C89E59 #BBC859 #84C859

triadic

#BBC859 #59BBC8 #C859BB

tetradic

#BBC859 #59C89E #6659C8 #C85984

square

#BBC859 #59C89E #6659C8 #C85984

split-complementary

#BBC859 #5984C8 #9E59C8

monochromatic

#737D29 #9EAB39 #BBC859 #CED787 #E1E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#BBC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC859

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC859	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d88b',
    500: '#bbc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc859;
$custom-light: #d2d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.027,
    "s": 50.226,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80031,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC859

secondary

#484085

accent

#4EDA5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC859

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

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