#BBCA59#BBCA59

#BBCA59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.139 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCA59
RGB	rgb(187, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 55.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -20.90, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 57.59, 111.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0607 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.139 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.4180, 53.5277, 17.4939)
Luminance	0.5353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCA59 #6859CA

analogous

#CAA159 #BBCA59 #82CA59

triadic

#BBCA59 #59BBCA #CA59BB

tetradic

#BBCA59 #59CAA1 #6859CA #CA5982

square

#BBCA59 #59CAA1 #6859CA #CA5982

split-complementary

#BBCA59 #5982CA #A159CA

monochromatic

#748029 #9EAE38 #BBCA59 #CED987 #E1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBCA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#BBCA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCA59

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCA59	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.139 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da8c',
    500: '#bbca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbca59;
$custom-light: #d2da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.965,
    "s": 51.598,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80471,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCA59

secondary

#494088

accent

#4DDB60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCA59

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

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