#BBCD56#BBCD56

#BBCD56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.145 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD56
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -22.61, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 60.30, 112.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.1% -0.0658 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(81.1% 0.145 117)
XYZ	xyz(44.0053, 54.8998, 17.0808)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD56 #6856CD

analogous

#CDA456 #BBCD56 #7FCD56

triadic

#BBCD56 #56BBCD #CD56BB

tetradic

#BBCD56 #56CDA4 #6856CD #CD567F

square

#BBCD56 #56CDA4 #6856CD #CD567F

split-complementary

#BBCD56 #567FCD #A456CD

monochromatic

#748226 #9EB134 #BBCD56 #CEDB85 #E1E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BBCD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD56

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD56	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)

#DAC349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.145 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8a',
    500: '#bbcd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd56;
$custom-light: #d2dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.076,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81102,
    "c": 0.14509,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.54899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD56

secondary

#493E89

accent

#4ADE60

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD56

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

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