#BBCA53#BBCA53

#BBCA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.144 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA53
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 58.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -21.37, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 60.19, 110.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.0626 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.144 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.1762, 53.4310, 16.2206)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA53 #6253CA

analogous

#CA9D53 #BBCA53 #7FCA53

triadic

#BBCA53 #53BBCA #CA53BB

tetradic

#BBCA53 #53CA9D #6253CA #CA537F

square

#BBCA53 #53CA9D #6253CA #CA537F

split-complementary

#BBCA53 #537FCA #9D53CA

monochromatic

#717C26 #9CAB35 #BBCA53 #CDD882 #E0E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBCA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BBCA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA53

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA53	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C046

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.144 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da88',
    500: '#bbca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca53;
$custom-light: #d2da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.563,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80408,
    "c": 0.14406,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA53

secondary

#463D84

accent

#4CDC5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA53

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

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