#BBCB4E#BBCB4E

#BBCB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.149 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB4E
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -22.22, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 62.74, 110.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0655 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.149 116)
XYZ	xyz(43.2255, 53.8273, 15.3189)
Luminance	0.5383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB4E #5E4ECB

analogous

#CB9C4E #BBCB4E #7CCB4E

triadic

#BBCB4E #4EBBCB #CB4EBB

tetradic

#BBCB4E #4ECB9C #5E4ECB #CB4E7C

square

#BBCB4E #4ECB9C #5E4ECB #CB4E7C

split-complementary

#BBCB4E #4E7CCB #9C4ECB

monochromatic

#707B24 #9BAA32 #BBCB4E #CDD97D #DFE7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BBCB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB4E

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB4E	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.149 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da85',
    500: '#bbcb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb4e;
$custom-light: #d2da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.68,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8058,
    "c": 0.14934,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.53827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB4E

secondary

#443A83

accent

#4ADE5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB4E

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

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