#BBC171#BBC171

#BBC171 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.103 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC171
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 113)
HSL	hsl(65, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 41.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -14.10, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 41.95, 109.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0392 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.103 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.5446, 49.8976, 23.0096)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC171 #7771C1

analogous

#C19F71 #BBC171 #93C171

triadic

#BBC171 #71BBC1 #C171BB

tetradic

#BBC171 #71C19F #7771C1 #C17193

square

#BBC171 #71C19F #7771C1 #C17193

split-complementary

#BBC171 #7193C1 #9F71C1

monochromatic

#7A8038 #A3AA4A #BBC171 #CFD49C #E4E6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BBC171 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC171

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC171	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)

#CCBA6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.103 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d39b',
    500: '#bbc171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc171;
$custom-light: #d1d39b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 39.216,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78822,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC171

secondary

#BAB7D6

accent

#59CF62

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC171

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

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