#BBC85B#BBC85B

#BBC85B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.135 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC85B
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 91)
HSL	hsl(67, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(67, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 54.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -19.74, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 55.76, 110.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0572 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.135 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0369, 52.6293, 17.7868)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC85B #685BC8

analogous

#C89F5B #BBC85B #85C85B

triadic

#BBC85B #5BBBC8 #C85BBB

tetradic

#BBC85B #5BC89F #685BC8 #C85B85

square

#BBC85B #5BC89F #685BC8 #C85B85

split-complementary

#BBC85B #5B85C8 #9F5BC8

monochromatic

#747E2A #9EAC3A #BBC85B #CED789 #E1E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#BBC85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC85B

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC85B	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.135 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d88d',
    500: '#bbc85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc85b;
$custom-light: #d2d88d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.156,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80054,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC85B

secondary

#494186

accent

#4FD95F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC85B

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

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