#BBC17C#BBC17C

#BBC17C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.091 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC17C
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 124)
HSL	hsl(65, 36%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 36%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 35.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, -12.84, 34.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 36.42, 110.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0348 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.091 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.2018, 50.1605, 26.4710)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC17C #827CC1

analogous

#C1A47C #BBC17C #99C17C

triadic

#BBC17C #7CBBC1 #C17CBB

tetradic

#BBC17C #7CC1A4 #827CC1 #C17C99

square

#BBC17C #7CC1A4 #827CC1 #C17C99

split-complementary

#BBC17C #7C99C1 #A47CC1

monochromatic

#7E843F #A5AD52 #BBC17C #D1D5A6 #E6E8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#BBC17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC17C

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC17C	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)

#CBBB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.091 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3a2',
    500: '#bbc17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc17c;
$custom-light: #d0d3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 35.751,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79003,
    "c": 0.09085,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC17C

secondary

#59548D

accent

#37AF41

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC17C

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

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