#BBC178#BBC178

#BBC178 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.096 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC178
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 120)
HSL	hsl(65, 37%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 37.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, -13.31, 36.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 38.45, 110.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0364 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.096 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9540, 50.0614, 25.1657)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC178 #7E78C1

analogous

#C1A378 #BBC178 #97C178

triadic

#BBC178 #78BBC1 #C178BB

tetradic

#BBC178 #78C1A3 #7E78C1 #C17897

square

#BBC178 #78C1A3 #7E78C1 #C17897

split-complementary

#BBC178 #7897C1 #A378C1

monochromatic

#7D833C #A5AD4F #BBC178 #D0D4A2 #E5E8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#BBC178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC178

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC178	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.096 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3a0',
    500: '#bbc178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc178;
$custom-light: #d0d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.932,
    "s": 37.056,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78935,
    "c": 0.09552,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC178

secondary

#57528B

accent

#36B040

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC178

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

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