#BBCB5A#BBCB5A

#BBCB5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.139 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB5A
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 55.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -21.31, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 57.62, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0617 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.139 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6957, 54.0154, 17.7950)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB5A #6A5ACB

analogous

#CBA35A #BBCB5A #82CB5A

triadic

#BBCB5A #5ABBCB #CB5ABB

tetradic

#BBCB5A #5ACBA3 #6A5ACB #CB5A82

square

#BBCB5A #5ACBA3 #6A5ACB #CB5A82

split-complementary

#BBCB5A #5A82CB #A35ACB

monochromatic

#758229 #9FB038 #BBCB5A #CEDA89 #E1E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#BBCB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB5A

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB5A	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)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.139 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da8c',
    500: '#bbcb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb5a;
$custom-light: #d2da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.496,
    "s": 52.074,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80703,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB5A

secondary

#4A4089

accent

#4CDC61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB5A

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

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