#BBC16E#BBC16E

#BBC16E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.107 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC16E
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 110)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(64, 43%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 43%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -14.42, 40.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 43.43, 109.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0403 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.107 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3785, 49.8312, 22.1347)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC16E #746EC1

analogous

#C19E6E #BBC16E #92C16E

triadic

#BBC16E #6EBBC1 #C16EBB

tetradic

#BBC16E #6EC19E #746EC1 #C16E92

square

#BBC16E #6EC19E #746EC1 #C16E92

split-complementary

#BBC16E #6E92C1 #9E6EC1

monochromatic

#797F36 #A2A948 #BBC16E #CFD399 #E3E6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC16E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#BBC16E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC16E

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC16E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC16E	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA67

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc16e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.107 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d399',
    500: '#bbc16e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc16e;
$custom-light: #d1d399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc16e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.337,
    "s": 40.097,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78776,
    "c": 0.10679,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC16E

secondary

#B8B5D6

accent

#58D061

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FAF9F2

border

#D3D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC16E

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

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