#BBC16C#BBC16C

#BBC16C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.109 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC16C
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 108)
HSL	hsl(64, 41%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 44%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -14.63, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 44.41, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0411 0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.109 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2708, 49.7881, 21.5677)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC16C #726CC1

analogous

#C19D6C #BBC16C #91C16C

triadic

#BBC16C #6CBBC1 #C16CBB

tetradic

#BBC16C #6CC19D #726CC1 #C16C91

square

#BBC16C #6CC19D #726CC1 #C16C91

split-complementary

#BBC16C #6C91C1 #9D6CC1

monochromatic

#787E35 #A2A947 #BBC16C #CFD397 #E3E5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BBC16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#BBC16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC16C

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC16C	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.109 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d398',
    500: '#bbc16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc16c;
$custom-light: #d1d398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.235,
    "s": 40.67,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78747,
    "c": 0.10895,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC16C

secondary

#B6B4D5

accent

#57D160

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC16C

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

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