#BBCB59#BBCB59

#BBCB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.140 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB59
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 56.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -21.39, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 58.06, 111.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0621 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.14 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6534, 53.9985, 17.5723)
Luminance	0.5400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB59 #6959CB

analogous

#CBA259 #BBCB59 #82CB59

triadic

#BBCB59 #59BBCB #CB59BB

tetradic

#BBCB59 #59CBA2 #6959CB #CB5982

square

#BBCB59 #59CBA2 #6959CB #CB5982

split-complementary

#BBCB59 #5982CB #A259CB

monochromatic

#758128 #9FB037 #BBCB59 #CEDA88 #E1E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#BBCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB59

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB59	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.140 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da8c',
    500: '#bbcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb59;
$custom-light: #d2da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.421,
    "s": 52.294,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80692,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB59

secondary

#4A3F89

accent

#4CDC60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB59

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

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