#BBCD5E#BBCD5E

#BBCD5E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.138 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD5E
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 94)
HSL	hsl(70, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(70, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -21.95, 52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 56.80, 112.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0632 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.138 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.3459, 55.0360, 18.8744)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD5E #705ECD

analogous

#CDA75E #BBCD5E #83CD5E

triadic

#BBCD5E #5EBBCD #CD5EBB

tetradic

#BBCD5E #5ECDA7 #705ECD #CD5E83

square

#BBCD5E #5ECDA7 #705ECD #CD5E83

split-complementary

#BBCD5E #5E83CD #A75ECD

monochromatic

#78872A #A1B538 #BBCD5E #CFDC8D #E2EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#BBCD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD5E

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD5E	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.138 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8f',
    500: '#bbcd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd5e;
$custom-light: #d2dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.73,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8119,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD5E

secondary

#4E418E

accent

#4CDC63

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD5E

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

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