#BBCC56#BBCC56

#BBCC56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.144 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC56
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 57.8%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -22.12, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 59.83, 111.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.0644 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.144 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7669, 54.4229, 17.0013)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC56 #6756CC

analogous

#CCA256 #BBCC56 #80CC56

triadic

#BBCC56 #56BBCC #CC56BB

tetradic

#BBCC56 #56CCA2 #6756CC #CC5680

square

#BBCC56 #56CCA2 #6756CC #CC5680

split-complementary

#BBCC56 #5680CC #A256CC

monochromatic

#748127 #9EB035 #BBCC56 #CEDA85 #E1E8B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#BBCC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC56

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC56	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)

#D9C249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.144 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db8a',
    500: '#bbcc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc56;
$custom-light: #d2db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.644,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80881,
    "c": 0.14389,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC56

secondary

#493E88

accent

#4BDD60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC56

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

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