#BBC170#BBC170

#BBC170 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.105 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC170
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 112)
HSL	hsl(64, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(64, 42%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 42%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -14.21, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 42.44, 109.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0396 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.105 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.4886, 49.8752, 22.7147)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC170 #7670C1

analogous

#C19E70 #BBC170 #93C170

triadic

#BBC170 #70BBC1 #C170BB

tetradic

#BBC170 #70C19E #7670C1 #C17093

square

#BBC170 #70C19E #7670C1 #C17093

split-complementary

#BBC170 #7093C1 #9E70C1

monochromatic

#7A7F37 #A3AA4A #BBC170 #CFD49B #E4E6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BBC170 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC170

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC170	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.105 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d39a',
    500: '#bbc170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc170;
$custom-light: #d1d39a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.444,
    "s": 39.512,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78807,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC170

secondary

#B9B7D6

accent

#58CF61

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC170

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

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