#BBC17A#BBC17A

#BBC17A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.093 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC17A
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 122)
HSL	hsl(65, 36%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 37%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 36.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -13.08, 35.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 37.44, 110.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0356 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.093 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0766, 50.1105, 25.8116)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC17A #807AC1

analogous

#C1A47A #BBC17A #98C17A

triadic

#BBC17A #7ABBC1 #C17ABB

tetradic

#BBC17A #7AC1A4 #807AC1 #C17A98

square

#BBC17A #7AC1A4 #807AC1 #C17A98

split-complementary

#BBC17A #7A98C1 #A47AC1

monochromatic

#7D833D #A5AD51 #BBC17A #D0D4A4 #E6E8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#BBC17A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#BBC17A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC17A

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC17A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC17A	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)

#CBBB75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc17a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.093 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3a1',
    500: '#bbc17a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc17a;
$custom-light: #d0d3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc17a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.07,
    "s": 36.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC17A

secondary

#58538C

accent

#36AF40

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC17A

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

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