#BBC165#BBC165

#BBC165 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.116 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC165
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 101)
HSL	hsl(64, 43%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 48%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 47.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -15.33, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 47.80, 108.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0437 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.116 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9132, 49.6451, 19.6839)
Luminance	0.4964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC165 #6B65C1

analogous

#C19965 #BBC165 #8DC165

triadic

#BBC165 #65BBC1 #C165BB

tetradic

#BBC165 #65C199 #6B65C1 #C1658D

square

#BBC165 #65C199 #6B65C1 #C1658D

split-complementary

#BBC165 #658DC1 #9965C1

monochromatic

#767A31 #A0A643 #BBC165 #CED391 #E2E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BBC165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC165

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC165	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)

#CDBA5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.116 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d393',
    500: '#bbc165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc165;
$custom-light: #d1d393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.913,
    "s": 42.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78648,
    "c": 0.11635,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC165

secondary

#B1AED3

accent

#55D25E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC165

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

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