#BBCE55#BBCE55

#BBCE55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.147 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE55
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 85)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(69, 59%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 58.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -23.17, 56.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 61.19, 112.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0675 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.147 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2053, 55.3637, 16.9501)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE55 #6855CE

analogous

#CEA455 #BBCE55 #7FCE55

triadic

#BBCE55 #55BBCE #CE55BB

tetradic

#BBCE55 #55CEA4 #6855CE #CE557F

square

#BBCE55 #55CEA4 #6855CE #CE557F

split-complementary

#BBCE55 #557FCE #A455CE

monochromatic

#748326 #9EB233 #BBCE55 #CEDC85 #E1E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#BBCE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE55

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE55	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.147 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc89',
    500: '#bbce55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce55;
$custom-light: #d2dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.421,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81313,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE55

secondary

#493D8A

accent

#49DF61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE55

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

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