#BBC08D#BBC08D

#BBC08D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.069 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC08D
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 141)
HSL	hsl(66, 29%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(66, 27%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 26.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -10.12, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 27.16, 111.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0263 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.069 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.1508, 50.1876, 32.5554)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC08D #928DC0

analogous

#C0AB8D #BBC08D #A1C08D

triadic

#BBC08D #8DBBC0 #C08DBB

tetradic

#BBC08D #8DC0AB #928DC0 #C08DA1

square

#BBC08D #8DC0AB #928DC0 #C08DA1

split-complementary

#BBC08D #8DA1C0 #AB8DC0

monochromatic

#82884B #A3AA66 #BBC08D #D3D6B4 #EAECDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BBC08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC08D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC08D	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BB8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BD8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BAB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.069 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3ae',
    500: '#bbc08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc08d;
$custom-light: #d0d3ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.882,
    "s": 28.814,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7911,
    "c": 0.0687,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC08D

secondary

#656091

accent

#3EA748

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC08D

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

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