#BBCD53#BBCD53

#BBCD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.148 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD53
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -22.84, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 61.57, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0667 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.148 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8870, 54.8525, 16.4576)
Luminance	0.5485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD53 #6553CD

analogous

#CDA253 #BBCD53 #7ECD53

triadic

#BBCD53 #53BBCD #CD53BB

tetradic

#BBCD53 #53CDA2 #6553CD #CD537E

square

#BBCD53 #53CDA2 #6553CD #CD537E

split-complementary

#BBCD53 #537ECD #A253CD

monochromatic

#738025 #9DB033 #BBCD53 #CEDB82 #E0E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#BBCD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD53

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD53	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.148 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc88',
    500: '#bbcd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd53;
$custom-light: #d2dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.852,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81071,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD53

secondary

#473C88

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD53

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

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