#BBCF56#BBCF56

#BBCF56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.148 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCF56
RGB	rgb(187, 207, 86)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 58.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -23.58, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 61.24, 112.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.0685 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.148 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4868, 55.8627, 17.2413)
Luminance	0.5586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCF56 #6A56CF

analogous

#CFA656 #BBCF56 #7FCF56

triadic

#BBCF56 #56BBCF #CF56BB

tetradic

#BBCF56 #56CFA6 #6A56CF #CF567F

square

#BBCF56 #56CFA6 #6A56CF #CF567F

split-complementary

#BBCF56 #567FCF #A656CF

monochromatic

#758526 #9FB533 #BBCF56 #CEDD86 #E1EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#BBCF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCF56

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCF56	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 207, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.148 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dd8a',
    500: '#bbcf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcf56;
$custom-light: #d2dd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.917,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81544,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCF56

secondary

#4A3D8C

accent

#49DF62

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCF56

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

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