#BBC175#BBC175

#BBC175 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.099 H 112.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC175
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 117)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 39%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 39.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -13.66, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 39.95, 109.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0376 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.099 112.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7748, 49.9897, 24.2218)
Luminance	0.4999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC175 #7B75C1

analogous

#C1A175 #BBC175 #95C175

triadic

#BBC175 #75BBC1 #C175BB

tetradic

#BBC175 #75C1A1 #7B75C1 #C17595

square

#BBC175 #75C1A1 #7B75C1 #C17595

split-complementary

#BBC175 #7595C1 #A175C1

monochromatic

#7C813A #A4AC4D #BBC175 #D0D49F #E5E7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#BBC175 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC175

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC175	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBA6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.099 112.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d39e',
    500: '#bbc175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc175;
$custom-light: #d0d39e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.737,
    "s": 38,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78886,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 112.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC175

secondary

#BDBBD7

accent

#35B13E

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F9F2

border

#D2D2CC

text

#14140E

muted

#82827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC175

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

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