#BBC174#BBC174

#BBC174 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.100 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC174
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 116)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 40%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 39.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.05, -13.77, 38.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.05, 40.45, 109.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.038 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.1 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7163, 49.9663, 23.9138)
Luminance	0.4997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC174 #7A74C1

analogous

#C1A074 #BBC174 #94C174

triadic

#BBC174 #74BBC1 #C174BB

tetradic

#BBC174 #74C1A0 #7A74C1 #C17494

square

#BBC174 #74C1A0 #7A74C1 #C17494

split-complementary

#BBC174 #7494C1 #A074C1

monochromatic

#7B813A #A4AB4C #BBC174 #D0D49E #E4E7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#BBC174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC174

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC174	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)

#CCBA6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.100 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d39d',
    500: '#bbc174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc174;
$custom-light: #d0d39d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.675,
    "s": 38.308,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7887,
    "c": 0.1001,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC174

secondary

#BCBAD7

accent

#34B13E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC174

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

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