#BBCB52#BBCB52

#BBCB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.146 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB52
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 82)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 59.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -21.93, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 61.07, 111.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.0643 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.146 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3733, 53.8864, 16.0972)
Luminance	0.5389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB52 #6252CB

analogous

#CB9E52 #BBCB52 #7ECB52

triadic

#BBCB52 #52BBCB #CB52BB

tetradic

#BBCB52 #52CB9E #6252CB #CB527E

square

#BBCB52 #52CB9E #6252CB #CB527E

split-complementary

#BBCB52 #527ECB #9E52CB

monochromatic

#717D26 #9CAC34 #BBCB52 #CDD981 #E0E7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#BBCB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB52

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB52	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.146 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da87',
    500: '#bbcb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb52;
$custom-light: #d2da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.934,
    "s": 53.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80619,
    "c": 0.14608,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB52

secondary

#463C85

accent

#4BDD5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF3

border

#D4D4CD

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB52

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

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