#BBCB53#BBCB53

#BBCB53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.145 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB53
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 83)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 59.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.40, -21.86, 56.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.40, 60.65, 111.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.064 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.145 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4116, 53.9018, 16.2991)
Luminance	0.5390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB53 #6353CB

analogous

#CB9F53 #BBCB53 #7FCB53

triadic

#BBCB53 #53BBCB #CB53BB

tetradic

#BBCB53 #53CB9F #6353CB #CB537F

square

#BBCB53 #53CB9F #6353CB #CB537F

split-complementary

#BBCB53 #537FCB #9F53CB

monochromatic

#727E26 #9DAD34 #BBCB53 #CED982 #E0E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#BBCB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB53

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB53	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)

#D8C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.145 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da88',
    500: '#bbcb53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb53;
$custom-light: #d2da88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80629,
    "c": 0.14525,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB53

secondary

#463D86

accent

#4BDD5E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB53

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

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