#BBCC55#BBCC55

#BBCC55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.145 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC55
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 58.3%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -22.20, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 60.26, 111.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0647 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.145 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7269, 54.4069, 16.7906)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC55 #6655CC

analogous

#CCA155 #BBCC55 #80CC55

triadic

#BBCC55 #55BBCC #CC55BB

tetradic

#BBCC55 #55CCA1 #6655CC #CC5580

square

#BBCC55 #55CCA1 #6655CC #CC5580

split-complementary

#BBCC55 #5580CC #A155CC

monochromatic

#738026 #9EAF35 #BBCC55 #CEDA84 #E1E8B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BBCC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC55

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC55	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)

#D9C248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.145 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db89',
    500: '#bbcc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc55;
$custom-light: #d2db89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8087,
    "c": 0.14475,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC55

secondary

#483D88

accent

#4BDD60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC55

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

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