#BBCD59#BBCD59

#BBCD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.142 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD59
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -22.37, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 59.00, 112.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.0648 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.142 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1287, 54.9492, 17.7308)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD59 #6B59CD

analogous

#CDA559 #BBCD59 #81CD59

triadic

#BBCD59 #59BBCD #CD59BB

tetradic

#BBCD59 #59CDA5 #6B59CD #CD5981

square

#BBCD59 #59CDA5 #6B59CD #CD5981

split-complementary

#BBCD59 #5981CD #A559CD

monochromatic

#768428 #A0B336 #BBCD59 #CEDB88 #E2E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#BBCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD59

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD59	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.142 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8c',
    500: '#bbcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd59;
$custom-light: #d2dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.31,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81134,
    "c": 0.14248,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD59

secondary

#4B3F8B

accent

#4BDD61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD59

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

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