#BBC079#BBC079

#BBC079 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.093 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC079
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 121)
HSL	hsl(64, 36%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(64, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 37%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -12.68, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 37.44, 109.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0345 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.093 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7947, 49.6452, 25.4135)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC079 #7E79C0

analogous

#C0A279 #BBC079 #98C079

triadic

#BBC079 #79BBC0 #C079BB

tetradic

#BBC079 #79C0A2 #7E79C0 #C07998

square

#BBC079 #79C0A2 #7E79C0 #C07998

split-complementary

#BBC079 #7998C0 #A279C0

monochromatic

#7D823D #A5AB51 #BBC079 #D0D4A3 #E5E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BBC079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC079

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC079	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABA74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.093 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3a0',
    500: '#bbc079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc079;
$custom-light: #d0d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.225,
    "s": 36.041,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78736,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC079

secondary

#BFBDD8

accent

#37AF3F

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140F

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC079

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

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