#BBC179#BBC179

#BBC179 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.094 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC179
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 121)
HSL	hsl(65, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 37%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 37.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -13.20, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 37.94, 110.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.036 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.094 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0150, 50.0858, 25.4870)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC179 #7F79C1

analogous

#C1A379 #BBC179 #97C179

triadic

#BBC179 #79BBC1 #C179BB

tetradic

#BBC179 #79C1A3 #7F79C1 #C17997

square

#BBC179 #79C1A3 #7F79C1 #C17997

split-complementary

#BBC179 #7997C1 #A379C1

monochromatic

#7D833D #A5AD50 #BBC179 #D0D4A3 #E5E8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BBC179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC179

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC179	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.094 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3a0',
    500: '#bbc179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc179;
$custom-light: #d0d3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 36.735,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78952,
    "c": 0.09436,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC179

secondary

#57538C

accent

#36B040

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC179

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

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