#BBCA50#BBCA50

#BBCA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.147 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BBCA50
RGBrgb(187, 202, 80)
HSLhsl(67, 54%, 55%)
HSVhsv(67, 60%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(7.4%, 0%, 60.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(78.10, -21.59, 57.54)
CIE-LCHlch(78.10, 61.46, 110.57°)
OKLaboklab(80.38% -0.0635 0.1321)
OKLCHoklch(80.38% 0.147 115.7)
XYZxyz(43.0629, 53.3856, 15.6238)
Luminance0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BBCA50 #5F50CA
analogous
#CA9C50 #BBCA50 #7ECA50
triadic
#BBCA50 #50BBCA #CA50BB
tetradic
#BBCA50 #50CA9C #5F50CA #CA507E
square
#BBCA50 #50CA9C #5F50CA #CA507E
split-complementary
#BBCA50 #507ECA #9C50CA
monochromatic
#707A25 #9BA933 #BBCA50 #CDD87F #E0E6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#BBCA50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68
#BBCA50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA50
11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BBCA50#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BBCA501.001.8011.6811.68
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6821.001.001.00
##00000011.6821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C042
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D6C258
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6BFB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bbca50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.147 115.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da86',
    500: '#bbca50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bbca50;
$custom-light: #d2da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bbca50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.377,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BBCA50
secondary
#443B83
accent
#4BDD5D
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF2
border
#D4D4CC
text
#14140B
muted
#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA50

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

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#BBCA50 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva