#BBCB56#BBCB56

#BBCB56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.143 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB56
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 57.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -21.63, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 59.36, 111.37°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.063 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.143 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5300, 53.9491, 16.9224)
Luminance	0.5395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB56 #6656CB

analogous

#CBA156 #BBCB56 #81CB56

triadic

#BBCB56 #56BBCB #CB56BB

tetradic

#BBCB56 #56CBA1 #6656CB #CB5681

square

#BBCB56 #56CBA1 #6656CB #CB5681

split-complementary

#BBCB56 #5681CB #A156CB

monochromatic

#737F27 #9EAE36 #BBCB56 #CED985 #E1E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BBCB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB56

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB56	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)

#D8C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.143 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da8a',
    500: '#bbcb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb56;
$custom-light: #d2da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.205,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8066,
    "c": 0.14268,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB56

secondary

#483E87

accent

#4BDC5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB56

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

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