#BBC161#BBC161

#BBC161 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.120 H 112.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC161
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -15.71, 47.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 49.71, 108.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0452 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.12 112)
XYZ	xyz(41.7219, 49.5686, 18.6768)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC161 #6761C1

analogous

#C19761 #BBC161 #8BC161

triadic

#BBC161 #61BBC1 #C161BB

tetradic

#BBC161 #61C197 #6761C1 #C1618B

square

#BBC161 #61C197 #6761C1 #C1618B

split-complementary

#BBC161 #618BC1 #9761C1

monochromatic

#74782F #9EA440 #BBC161 #CED28D #E1E3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#BBC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC161

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC161	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.120 112.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d390',
    500: '#bbc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc161;
$custom-light: #d1d390;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78595,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 112
  },
  "luminance": 0.49568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC161

secondary

#AEABD2

accent

#54D35C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC161

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

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