#BBCC59#BBCC59

#BBCC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.141 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC59
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 56.4%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -21.88, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 58.53, 111.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.0635 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.141 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8903, 54.4723, 17.6513)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC59 #6A59CC

analogous

#CCA459 #BBCC59 #81CC59

triadic

#BBCC59 #59BBCC #CC59BB

tetradic

#BBCC59 #59CCA4 #6A59CC #CC5981

square

#BBCC59 #59CCA4 #6A59CC #CC5981

split-complementary

#BBCC59 #5981CC #A459CC

monochromatic

#758328 #9FB136 #BBCC59 #CEDA88 #E1E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#BBCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC59

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC59	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)

#D9C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.141 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2db8c',
    500: '#bbcc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc59;
$custom-light: #d2db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.87,
    "s": 52.995,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80913,
    "c": 0.14126,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC59

secondary

#4A3F8A

accent

#4BDC61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC59

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

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