#BBCC50#BBCC50

#BBCC50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.149 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC50
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 60.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -22.57, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 62.37, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.0663 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.149 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5352, 54.3302, 15.7812)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC50 #6150CC

analogous

#CC9F50 #BBCC50 #7DCC50

triadic

#BBCC50 #50BBCC #CC50BB

tetradic

#BBCC50 #50CC9F #6150CC #CC507D

square

#BBCC50 #50CC9F #6150CC #CC507D

split-complementary

#BBCC50 #507DCC #9F50CC

monochromatic

#717D24 #9CAD32 #BBCC50 #CDDA7F #E0E8AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#BBCC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC50

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC50	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.149 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db86',
    500: '#bbcc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc50;
$custom-light: #d2db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.226,
    "s": 54.867,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8082,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC50

secondary

#453B85

accent

#4ADE5E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF2

border

#D4D4CC

text

#14150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC50

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

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