#BBCB66#BBCB66

#BBCB66 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.128 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB66
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 102)
HSL	hsl(70, 49%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(70, 50%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 49.8%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -20.24, 48.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 52.18, 112.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0576 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.128 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2483, 54.2364, 20.7055)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB66 #7666CB

analogous

#CBA966 #BBCB66 #89CB66

triadic

#BBCB66 #66BBCB #CB66BB

tetradic

#BBCB66 #66CBA9 #7666CB #CB6689

square

#BBCB66 #66CBA9 #7666CB #CB6689

split-complementary

#BBCB66 #6689CB #A966CB

monochromatic

#7A882E #A3B63E #BBCB66 #CFDB94 #E4EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCB66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BBCB66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB66

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB66	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C36C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.128 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da94',
    500: '#bbcb66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb66;
$custom-light: #d1da94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.505,
    "s": 49.268,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80848,
    "c": 0.12777,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB66

secondary

#51468F

accent

#4FD965

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14140D

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB66

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

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