#BBC073#BBC073

#BBC073 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.100 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC073
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 115)
HSL	hsl(64, 38%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 40%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 40.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, -13.37, 38.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 40.46, 109.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0369 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.1 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4381, 49.5025, 23.5357)
Luminance	0.4950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC073 #7873C0

analogous

#C09E73 #BBC073 #94C073

triadic

#BBC073 #73BBC0 #C073BB

tetradic

#BBC073 #73C09E #7873C0 #C07394

square

#BBC073 #73C09E #7873C0 #C07394

split-complementary

#BBC073 #7394C0 #9E73C0

monochromatic

#7B7F39 #A3AA4C #BBC073 #D0D39D #E4E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#BBC073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#BBC073 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC073

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC073	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)

#CBBA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBC77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.100 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d29c',
    500: '#bbc073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc073;
$custom-light: #d0d29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.896,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78637,
    "c": 0.09997,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC073

secondary

#BBB9D6

accent

#35B13D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC073

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

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