#BBCB57#BBCB57

#BBCB57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.142 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB57
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 57.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -21.55, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 58.93, 111.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0627 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.142 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5705, 53.9653, 17.1360)
Luminance	0.5396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB57 #6757CB

analogous

#CBA157 #BBCB57 #81CB57

triadic

#BBCB57 #57BBCB #CB57BB

tetradic

#BBCB57 #57CBA1 #6757CB #CB5781

square

#BBCB57 #57CBA1 #6757CB #CB5781

split-complementary

#BBCB57 #5781CB #A157CB

monochromatic

#748028 #9EAF36 #BBCB57 #CED986 #E1E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#BBCB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB57

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB57	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)

#D8C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.142 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da8a',
    500: '#bbcb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb57;
$custom-light: #d2da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.276,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8067,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB57

secondary

#493F88

accent

#4CDC60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB57

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

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