#BBCC53#BBCC53

#BBCC53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.146 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC53
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 83)
HSL	hsl(68, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(68, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 59.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, -22.35, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 61.11, 111.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0654 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.146 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.6485, 54.3756, 16.3781)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC53 #6453CC

analogous

#CCA153 #BBCC53 #7FCC53

triadic

#BBCC53 #53BBCC #CC53BB

tetradic

#BBCC53 #53CCA1 #6453CC #CC537F

square

#BBCC53 #53CCA1 #6453CC #CC537F

split-complementary

#BBCC53 #537FCC #A153CC

monochromatic

#727F26 #9DAE34 #BBCC53 #CEDA82 #E0E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BBCC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC53

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC53	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.146 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db88',
    500: '#bbcc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc53;
$custom-light: #d2db88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.43,
    "s": 54.26,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8085,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC53

secondary

#473D87

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC53

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

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