#BBCC57#BBCC57

#BBCC57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.143 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC57
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 57.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.72, -22.04, 55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.72, 59.40, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0641 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.143 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8074, 54.4391, 17.2150)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC57 #6857CC

analogous

#CCA357 #BBCC57 #81CC57

triadic

#BBCC57 #57BBCC #CC57BB

tetradic

#BBCC57 #57CCA3 #6857CC #CC5781

square

#BBCC57 #57CCA3 #6857CC #CC5781

split-complementary

#BBCC57 #5781CC #A357CC

monochromatic

#748127 #9EB036 #BBCC57 #CEDA86 #E1E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BBCC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC57

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC57	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.143 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db8a',
    500: '#bbcc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc57;
$custom-light: #d2db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.718,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80891,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC57

secondary

#493E89

accent

#4BDD60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC57

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

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