#BBCE59#BBCE59

#BBCE59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.144 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE59
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -22.86, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 59.48, 112.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0662 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.144 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3687, 55.4291, 17.8108)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE59 #6C59CE

analogous

#CEA759 #BBCE59 #80CE59

triadic

#BBCE59 #59BBCE #CE59BB

tetradic

#BBCE59 #59CEA7 #6C59CE #CE5980

square

#BBCE59 #59CEA7 #6C59CE #CE5980

split-complementary

#BBCE59 #5980CE #A759CE

monochromatic

#768527 #A0B535 #BBCE59 #CEDC88 #E2EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BBCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE59

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE59	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C560

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.144 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8c',
    500: '#bbce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce59;
$custom-light: #d2dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.744,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81355,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE59

secondary

#4B3F8C

accent

#4ADE62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE59

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

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