#BBCE57#BBCE57

#BBCE57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.145 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE57
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -23.02, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 60.34, 112.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0669 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.145 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.2859, 55.3960, 17.3745)
Luminance	0.5540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE57 #6A57CE

analogous

#CEA657 #BBCE57 #7FCE57

triadic

#BBCE57 #57BBCE #CE57BB

tetradic

#BBCE57 #57CEA6 #6A57CE #CE577F

square

#BBCE57 #57CEA6 #6A57CE #CE577F

split-complementary

#BBCE57 #577FCE #A657CE

monochromatic

#758427 #9FB334 #BBCE57 #CEDC86 #E1EAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#BBCE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE57

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE57	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)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.145 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8b',
    500: '#bbce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce57;
$custom-light: #d2dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.58,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81333,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE57

secondary

#4A3E8B

accent

#4ADE61

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE57

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

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