#BBC17B#BBC17B

#BBC17B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.092 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC17B
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 123)
HSL	hsl(65, 36%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 36%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 36.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.15, -12.96, 34.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.15, 36.93, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.0352 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.092 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.1389, 50.1354, 26.1396)
Luminance	0.5013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC17B #817BC1

analogous

#C1A47B #BBC17B #98C17B

triadic

#BBC17B #7BBBC1 #C17BBB

tetradic

#BBC17B #7BC1A4 #817BC1 #C17B98

square

#BBC17B #7BC1A4 #817BC1 #C17B98

split-complementary

#BBC17B #7B98C1 #A47BC1

monochromatic

#7E843E #A5AD51 #BBC17B #D0D5A5 #E6E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC17B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBC17B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC17B

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC17B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC17B	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc17b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.092 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3a2',
    500: '#bbc17b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc17b;
$custom-light: #d0d3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc17b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 36.082,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78986,
    "c": 0.09202,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC17B

secondary

#59548C

accent

#37AF41

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC17B

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

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