#BBCF59#BBCF59

#BBCF59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.145 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCF59
RGB	rgb(187, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(70, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(70, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -23.34, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 59.95, 112.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.58% -0.0676 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(81.58% 0.145 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.6102, 55.9121, 17.8913)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCF59 #6D59CF

analogous

#CFA859 #BBCF59 #80CF59

triadic

#BBCF59 #59BBCF #CF59BB

tetradic

#BBCF59 #59CFA8 #6D59CF #CF5980

square

#BBCF59 #59CFA8 #6D59CF #CF5980

split-complementary

#BBCF59 #5980CF #A859CF

monochromatic

#768727 #A0B635 #BBCF59 #CEDD88 #E2EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBCF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#BBCF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCF59

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCF59	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.145 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2dd8c',
    500: '#bbcf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcf59;
$custom-light: #d2dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.169,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81576,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCF59

secondary

#4C3F8E

accent

#49DE63

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCF59

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

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