#BBCD57#BBCD57

#BBCD57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.144 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD57
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -22.53, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 59.87, 112.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.11% -0.0655 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(81.11% 0.144 117)
XYZ	xyz(44.0459, 54.9160, 17.2945)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD57 #6957CD

analogous

#CDA457 #BBCD57 #80CD57

triadic

#BBCD57 #57BBCD #CD57BB

tetradic

#BBCD57 #57CDA4 #6957CD #CD5780

square

#BBCD57 #57CDA4 #6957CD #CD5780

split-complementary

#BBCD57 #5780CD #A457CD

monochromatic

#758327 #9FB235 #BBCD57 #CEDB86 #E1E9B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#BBCD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD57

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD57	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)

#DAC34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.144 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8b',
    500: '#bbcd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd57;
$custom-light: #d2dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.153,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81112,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.54916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD57

secondary

#4A3E8A

accent

#4ADD61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD57

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

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