#BBCD5B#BBCD5B

#BBCD5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.141 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD5B
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(69, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -22.20, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 58.13, 112.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.0642 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.141 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2139, 54.9832, 18.1791)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD5B #6D5BCD

analogous

#CDA65B #BBCD5B #82CD5B

triadic

#BBCD5B #5BBBCD #CD5BBB

tetradic

#BBCD5B #5BCDA6 #6D5BCD #CD5B82

square

#BBCD5B #5BCDA6 #6D5BCD #CD5B82

split-complementary

#BBCD5B #5B82CD #A65BCD

monochromatic

#768529 #A0B437 #BBCD5B #CEDB8A #E2EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#BBCD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD5B

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD5B	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.141 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8d',
    500: '#bbcd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd5b;
$custom-light: #d2dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81156,
    "c": 0.1407,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD5B

secondary

#4C408C

accent

#4BDD62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF4

border

#D4D4CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD5B

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

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