#BBCD5A#BBCD5A

#BBCD5A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; 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	#BBCD5A
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -22.29, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 58.57, 112.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.0645 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.142 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.1710, 54.9661, 17.9535)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD5A #6C5ACD

analogous

#CDA55A #BBCD5A #82CD5A

triadic

#BBCD5A #5ABBCD #CD5ABB

tetradic

#BBCD5A #5ACDA5 #6C5ACD #CD5A82

square

#BBCD5A #5ACDA5 #6C5ACD #CD5A82

split-complementary

#BBCD5A #5A82CD #A55ACD

monochromatic

#768428 #A0B336 #BBCD5A #CEDB89 #E2E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#BBCD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD5A

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD5A	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)

#D9C34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.142 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8c',
    500: '#bbcd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd5a;
$custom-light: #d2dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.391,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81145,
    "c": 0.14159,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD5A

secondary

#4B408C

accent

#4BDD62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD5A

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

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