#BBC957#BBC957

#BBC957 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC957
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 87)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(67, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 56.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -20.56, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 58.00, 110.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0599 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.139 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1013, 53.0268, 16.9796)
Luminance	0.5303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC957 #6557C9

analogous

#C99E57 #BBC957 #82C957

triadic

#BBC957 #57BBC9 #C957BB

tetradic

#BBC957 #57C99E #6557C9 #C95782

square

#BBC957 #57C99E #6557C9 #C95782

split-complementary

#BBC957 #5782C9 #9E57C9

monochromatic

#737D28 #9DAC37 #BBC957 #CED885 #E0E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#BBC957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC957

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC957	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2d98a',
    500: '#bbc957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc957;
$custom-light: #d2d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.368,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80229,
    "c": 0.13941,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC957

secondary

#473F85

accent

#4DDB5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC957

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

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