#BBCB65#BBCB65

#BBCB65 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.129 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB65
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 101)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 50.2%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -20.33, 48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 52.64, 112.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0579 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.129 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1990, 54.2167, 20.4459)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB65 #7565CB

analogous

#CBA865 #BBCB65 #88CB65

triadic

#BBCB65 #65BBCB #CB65BB

tetradic

#BBCB65 #65CBA8 #7565CB #CB6588

square

#BBCB65 #65CBA8 #7565CB #CB6588

split-complementary

#BBCB65 #6588CB #A865CB

monochromatic

#7A882E #A3B63D #BBCB65 #CFDA93 #E3EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCB65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#BBCB65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB65

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB65	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C36B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.129 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da93',
    500: '#bbcb65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb65;
$custom-light: #d1da93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.412,
    "s": 49.515,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80835,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB65

secondary

#51458F

accent

#4FD964

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB65

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

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