#BBC166#BBC166

#BBC166 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.115 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC166
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(64, 42%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 47%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 47.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, -15.24, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 47.32, 108.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0434 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.115 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9625, 49.6648, 19.9435)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC166 #6C66C1

analogous

#C19966 #BBC166 #8DC166

triadic

#BBC166 #66BBC1 #C166BB

tetradic

#BBC166 #66C199 #6C66C1 #C1668D

square

#BBC166 #66C199 #6C66C1 #C1668D

split-complementary

#BBC166 #668DC1 #9966C1

monochromatic

#767B32 #A0A643 #BBC166 #CED392 #E2E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BBC166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC166

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC166	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)

#CDBA5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.115 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d394',
    500: '#bbc166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc166;
$custom-light: #d1d394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.956,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78661,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC166

secondary

#B2AFD4

accent

#56D25E

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F1

border

#D3D2CB

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC166

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

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