#BBC956#BBC956

#BBC956 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.140 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC956
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 57.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -20.64, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 58.43, 110.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0603 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.14 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0607, 53.0106, 16.7659)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC956 #6456C9

analogous

#C99E56 #BBC956 #82C956

triadic

#BBC956 #56BBC9 #C956BB

tetradic

#BBC956 #56C99E #6456C9 #C95682

square

#BBC956 #56C99E #6456C9 #C95682

split-complementary

#BBC956 #5682C9 #9E56C9

monochromatic

#727D28 #9DAB37 #BBC956 #CED884 #E0E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BBC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC956

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC956	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)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.140 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d98a',
    500: '#bbc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc956;
$custom-light: #d2d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.304,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80218,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC956

secondary

#473E85

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC956

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

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