#BBC072#BBC072

#BBC072 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.101 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC072
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 114)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 41%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 40.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -13.48, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 40.96, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% -0.0373 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.101 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.3809, 49.4797, 23.2343)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC072 #7772C0

analogous

#C09E72 #BBC072 #94C072

triadic

#BBC072 #72BBC0 #C072BB

tetradic

#BBC072 #72C09E #7772C0 #C07294

square

#BBC072 #72C09E #7772C0 #C07294

split-complementary

#BBC072 #7294C0 #9E72C0

monochromatic

#7A7F39 #A3A94C #BBC072 #CFD39C #E4E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BBC072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC072

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC072	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB96C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.101 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d29c',
    500: '#bbc072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc072;
$custom-light: #d1d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.846,
    "s": 38.235,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78621,
    "c": 0.10109,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC072

secondary

#BAB8D6

accent

#5ACE61

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC072

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

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