#BBC172#BBC172

#BBC172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.102 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC172
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(65, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 40.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -13.99, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 41.45, 109.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0388 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.102 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6012, 49.9203, 23.3077)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC172 #7872C1

analogous

#C19F72 #BBC172 #93C172

triadic

#BBC172 #72BBC1 #C172BB

tetradic

#BBC172 #72C19F #7872C1 #C17293

square

#BBC172 #72C19F #7872C1 #C17293

split-complementary

#BBC172 #7293C1 #9F72C1

monochromatic

#7B8038 #A3AB4B #BBC172 #D0D49D #E4E6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#BBC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC172

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC172	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)

#CCBA6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.102 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d39c',
    500: '#bbc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc172;
$custom-light: #d1d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.557,
    "s": 38.916,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78838,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC172

secondary

#BBB8D7

accent

#34B23D

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC172

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

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