#BBC953#BBC953

#BBC953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.143 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC953
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -20.87, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 59.73, 110.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0612 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.143 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9424, 52.9632, 16.1427)
Luminance	0.5296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC953 #6153C9

analogous

#C99C53 #BBC953 #80C953

triadic

#BBC953 #53BBC9 #C953BB

tetradic

#BBC953 #53C99C #6153C9 #C95380

square

#BBC953 #53C99C #6153C9 #C95380

split-complementary

#BBC953 #5380C9 #9C53C9

monochromatic

#717B27 #9CAA35 #BBC953 #CDD882 #E0E6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BBC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC953

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC953	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.143 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d988',
    500: '#bbc953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc953;
$custom-light: #d2d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.119,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80187,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC953

secondary

#453D83

accent

#4CDC5D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC953

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

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