#BBC17D#BBC17D

#BBC17D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.090 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC17D
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 125)
HSL	hsl(65, 35%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(65, 35%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 35.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.18, -12.72, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.18, 35.91, 110.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0344 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.09 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2654, 50.1860, 26.8057)
Luminance	0.5019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC17D #837DC1

analogous

#C1A57D #BBC17D #99C17D

triadic

#BBC17D #7DBBC1 #C17DBB

tetradic

#BBC17D #7DC1A5 #837DC1 #C17D99

square

#BBC17D #7DC1A5 #837DC1 #C17D99

split-complementary

#BBC17D #7D99C1 #A57DC1

monochromatic

#7E843F #A5AD54 #BBC17D #D1D5A6 #E6E9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#BBC17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC17D

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC17D	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBB78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBD80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.090 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d3a3',
    500: '#bbc17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc17d;
$custom-light: #d0d3a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.294,
    "s": 35.417,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79021,
    "c": 0.08967,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC17D

secondary

#5A558D

accent

#37AE42

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC17D

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

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