#BBC16A#BBC16A

#BBC16A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.111 H 112.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC16A
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 106)
HSL	hsl(64, 41%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 45.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -14.84, 42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 45.39, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0419 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.111 112.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1656, 49.7460, 21.0136)
Luminance	0.4975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC16A #706AC1

analogous

#C19B6A #BBC16A #8FC16A

triadic

#BBC16A #6ABBC1 #C16ABB

tetradic

#BBC16A #6AC19B #706AC1 #C16A8F

square

#BBC16A #6AC19B #706AC1 #C16A8F

split-complementary

#BBC16A #6A8FC1 #9B6AC1

monochromatic

#787D34 #A1A846 #BBC16A #CFD395 #E2E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#BBC16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC16A

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC16A	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)

#CDBA63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.111 112.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d396',
    500: '#bbc16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc16a;
$custom-light: #d1d396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.138,
    "s": 41.232,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78718,
    "c": 0.11111,
    "h": 112.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC16A

secondary

#B5B2D5

accent

#57D15F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC16A

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

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