#BBCB50#BBCB50

#BBCB50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.148 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB50
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -22.08, 57.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 61.91, 110.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0649 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.148 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2983, 53.8564, 15.7023)
Luminance	0.5386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB50 #6050CB

analogous

#CB9D50 #BBCB50 #7DCB50

triadic

#BBCB50 #50BBCB #CB50BB

tetradic

#BBCB50 #50CB9D #6050CB #CB507D

square

#BBCB50 #50CB9D #6050CB #CB507D

split-complementary

#BBCB50 #507DCB #9D50CB

monochromatic

#707C25 #9BAB33 #BBCB50 #CDD97F #E0E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BBCB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB50

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB50	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)

#D8C142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.148 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da86',
    500: '#bbcb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb50;
$custom-light: #d2da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.805,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80599,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB50

secondary

#453B84

accent

#4ADE5D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB50

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

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