#BBCA57#BBCA57

#BBCA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.141 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA57
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 56.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -21.06, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 58.46, 111.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0613 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.141 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3351, 53.4945, 17.0576)
Luminance	0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA57 #6657CA

analogous

#CAA057 #BBCA57 #82CA57

triadic

#BBCA57 #57BBCA #CA57BB

tetradic

#BBCA57 #57CAA0 #6657CA #CA5782

square

#BBCA57 #57CAA0 #6657CA #CA5782

split-complementary

#BBCA57 #5782CA #A057CA

monochromatic

#737F28 #9EAD37 #BBCA57 #CED986 #E1E7B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBCA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BBCA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA57

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA57	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.141 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da8a',
    500: '#bbca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca57;
$custom-light: #d2da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8045,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA57

secondary

#483F87

accent

#4CDB5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA57

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

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