#BBCA55#BBCA55

#BBCA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.142 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA55
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 57.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -21.21, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 59.33, 110.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.062 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.142 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2546, 53.4623, 16.6332)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA55 #6455CA

analogous

#CA9F55 #BBCA55 #81CA55

triadic

#BBCA55 #55BBCA #CA55BB

tetradic

#BBCA55 #55CA9F #6455CA #CA5581

square

#BBCA55 #55CA9F #6455CA #CA5581

split-complementary

#BBCA55 #5581CA #9F55CA

monochromatic

#727D27 #9DAC36 #BBCA55 #CED984 #E0E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBCA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BBCA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA55

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA55	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)

#D7C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.142 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da89',
    500: '#bbca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca55;
$custom-light: #d2da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80428,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA55

secondary

#473E85

accent

#4CDC5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA55

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

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