#BBCB5B#BBCB5B

#BBCB5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.138 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB5B
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(69, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 55.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.48, -21.22, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.48, 57.17, 111.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0614 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.138 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7385, 54.0325, 18.0207)
Luminance	0.5403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB5B #6B5BCB

analogous

#CBA35B #BBCB5B #83CB5B

triadic

#BBCB5B #5BBBCB #CB5BBB

tetradic

#BBCB5B #5BCBA3 #6B5BCB #CB5B83

square

#BBCB5B #5BCBA3 #6B5BCB #CB5B83

split-complementary

#BBCB5B #5B83CB #A35BCB

monochromatic

#768229 #A0B138 #BBCB5B #CEDA89 #E2E8B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBCB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#BBCB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB5B

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB5B	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.138 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2da8d',
    500: '#bbcb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb5b;
$custom-light: #d2da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80714,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB5B

secondary

#4B408A

accent

#4CDB61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140C

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB5B

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

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