#BBCB55#BBCB55

#BBCB55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.144 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB55
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 58.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.42, -21.71, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.42, 59.79, 111.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0634 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.144 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.4900, 53.9331, 16.7117)
Luminance	0.5393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB55 #6555CB

analogous

#CBA055 #BBCB55 #80CB55

triadic

#BBCB55 #55BBCB #CB55BB

tetradic

#BBCB55 #55CBA0 #6555CB #CB5580

square

#BBCB55 #55CBA0 #6555CB #CB5580

split-complementary

#BBCB55 #5580CB #A055CB

monochromatic

#737F27 #9DAE35 #BBCB55 #CED984 #E0E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BBCB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB55

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB55	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.144 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da89',
    500: '#bbcb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb55;
$custom-light: #d2da89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.136,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80649,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB55

secondary

#473E87

accent

#4BDD5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB55

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

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