#BBC955#BBC955

#BBC955 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.141 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC955
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 85)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 57.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -20.72, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 58.87, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.0606 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.141 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0207, 52.9946, 16.5552)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC955 #6355C9

analogous

#C99D55 #BBC955 #81C955

triadic

#BBC955 #55BBC9 #C955BB

tetradic

#BBC955 #55C99D #6355C9 #C95581

square

#BBC955 #55C99D #6355C9 #C95581

split-complementary

#BBC955 #5581C9 #9D55C9

monochromatic

#727C27 #9DAB36 #BBC955 #CED883 #E0E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BBC955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC955

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC955	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.141 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d989',
    500: '#bbc955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc955;
$custom-light: #d2d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.241,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80208,
    "c": 0.14116,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC955

secondary

#463E84

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC955

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

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