#BBC169#BBC169

#BBC169 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.112 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC169
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 105)
HSL	hsl(64, 42%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(64, 46%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 45.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -14.94, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 45.87, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0422 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.112 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1139, 49.7254, 20.7413)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC169 #6F69C1

analogous

#C19B69 #BBC169 #8FC169

triadic

#BBC169 #69BBC1 #C169BB

tetradic

#BBC169 #69C19B #6F69C1 #C1698F

square

#BBC169 #69C19B #6F69C1 #C1698F

split-complementary

#BBC169 #698FC1 #9B69C1

monochromatic

#777C33 #A1A845 #BBC169 #CFD394 #E2E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC169 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BBC169 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC169

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC169	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC169	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBA62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc169;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.112 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d396',
    500: '#bbc169',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc169;
$custom-light: #d1d396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc169",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 41.509,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78703,
    "c": 0.11216,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC169

secondary

#B4B1D4

accent

#56D15F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC169

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

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