#BBCE5B#BBCE5B

#BBCE5B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.142 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCE5B
RGB	rgb(187, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(70, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -22.69, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 58.60, 112.78°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0655 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.142 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.4538, 55.4632, 18.2591)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCE5B #6E5BCE

analogous

#CEA75B #BBCE5B #81CE5B

triadic

#BBCE5B #5BBBCE #CE5BBB

tetradic

#BBCE5B #5BCEA7 #6E5BCE #CE5B81

square

#BBCE5B #5BCEA7 #6E5BCE #CE5B81

split-complementary

#BBCE5B #5B81CE #A75BCE

monochromatic

#778628 #A1B636 #BBCE5B #CFDC8A #E2EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BBCE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCE5B

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCE5B	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)

#DAC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.142 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dc8d',
    500: '#bbce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbce5b;
$custom-light: #d2dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.913,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81377,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCE5B

secondary

#4D408D

accent

#4ADD63

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCE5B

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

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