#BBCE56#BBCE56

#BBCE56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.146 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE56
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 58.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -23.09, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 60.77, 112.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% -0.0672 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.146 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.2453, 55.3797, 17.1608)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE56 #6956CE

analogous

#CEA556 #BBCE56 #7FCE56

triadic

#BBCE56 #56BBCE #CE56BB

tetradic

#BBCE56 #56CEA5 #6956CE #CE567F

square

#BBCE56 #56CEA5 #6956CE #CE567F

split-complementary

#BBCE56 #567FCE #A556CE

monochromatic

#758326 #9FB334 #BBCE56 #CEDC85 #E1EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#BBCE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE56

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE56	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.146 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8a',
    500: '#bbce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce56;
$custom-light: #d2dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81323,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE56

secondary

#4A3E8B

accent

#49DE61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE56

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

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