#BBCD55#BBCD55

#BBCD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.146 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD55
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -22.68, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 60.73, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0661 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.146 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9653, 54.8838, 16.8701)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD55 #6755CD

analogous

#CDA355 #BBCD55 #7FCD55

triadic

#BBCD55 #55BBCD #CD55BB

tetradic

#BBCD55 #55CDA3 #6755CD #CD557F

square

#BBCD55 #55CDA3 #6755CD #CD557F

split-complementary

#BBCD55 #557FCD #A355CD

monochromatic

#748226 #9EB134 #BBCD55 #CEDB84 #E1E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BBCD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD55

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD55	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.146 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc89',
    500: '#bbcd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd55;
$custom-light: #d2dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81091,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD55

secondary

#493D89

accent

#4ADE60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD55

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

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