#BBC162#BBC162

#BBC162 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.119 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC162
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(64, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 49.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -15.62, 46.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 49.23, 108.49°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0448 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.119 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7689, 49.5873, 18.9239)
Luminance	0.4959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC162 #6862C1

analogous

#C19762 #BBC162 #8CC162

triadic

#BBC162 #62BBC1 #C162BB

tetradic

#BBC162 #62C197 #6862C1 #C1628C

square

#BBC162 #62C197 #6862C1 #C1628C

split-complementary

#BBC162 #628CC1 #9762C1

monochromatic

#747930 #9EA541 #BBC162 #CED28E #E1E4BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#BBC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC162

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC162	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.119 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d391',
    500: '#bbc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc162;
$custom-light: #d1d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.789,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78608,
    "c": 0.1194,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC162

secondary

#AFACD3

accent

#55D35D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC162

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

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