#BBC173#BBC173

#BBC173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.101 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC173
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 115)
HSL	hsl(65, 39%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 40%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 40.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -13.88, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 40.95, 109.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0384 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.101 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6584, 49.9432, 23.6091)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC173 #7973C1

analogous

#C1A073 #BBC173 #94C173

triadic

#BBC173 #73BBC1 #C173BB

tetradic

#BBC173 #73C1A0 #7973C1 #C17394

square

#BBC173 #73C1A0 #7973C1 #C17394

split-complementary

#BBC173 #7394C1 #A073C1

monochromatic

#7B8139 #A4AB4C #BBC173 #D0D49D #E4E7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BBC173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC173

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC173	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.101 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d39c',
    500: '#bbc173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc173;
$custom-light: #d0d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.615,
    "s": 38.614,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78854,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC173

secondary

#BBB9D7

accent

#34B23E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC173

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

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