#BBCA56#BBCA56

#BBCA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.141 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA56
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 57.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -21.14, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 58.90, 111.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.0617 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.141 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2946, 53.4783, 16.8439)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA56 #6556CA

analogous

#CA9F56 #BBCA56 #81CA56

triadic

#BBCA56 #56BBCA #CA56BB

tetradic

#BBCA56 #56CA9F #6556CA #CA5681

square

#BBCA56 #56CA9F #6556CA #CA5681

split-complementary

#BBCA56 #5681CA #9F56CA

monochromatic

#737E28 #9DAD36 #BBCA56 #CED985 #E0E7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBCA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BBCA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA56

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA56	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.141 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da8a',
    500: '#bbca56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca56;
$custom-light: #d2da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.759,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80439,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA56

secondary

#473E86

accent

#4CDC5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA56

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

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