#BBC271#BBC271

#BBC271 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.105 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC271
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 113)
HSL	hsl(65, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 42%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 41.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -14.61, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 42.44, 110.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.0406 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.105 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.7664, 50.3413, 23.0835)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC271 #7871C2

analogous

#C2A071 #BBC271 #93C271

triadic

#BBC271 #71BBC2 #C271BB

tetradic

#BBC271 #71C2A0 #7871C2 #C27193

square

#BBC271 #71C2A0 #7871C2 #C27193

split-complementary

#BBC271 #7193C2 #A071C2

monochromatic

#7B8137 #A3AC4A #BBC271 #D0D49C #E4E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BBC271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC271

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC271	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBB6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.105 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d49b',
    500: '#bbc271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc271;
$custom-light: #d1d49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.185,
    "s": 39.901,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79039,
    "c": 0.10473,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC271

secondary

#534E8A

accent

#33B33E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC271

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

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