#BBC272#BBC272

#BBC272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.104 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC272
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 114)
HSL	hsl(65, 40%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(65, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 41.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -14.50, 39.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 41.94, 110.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0402 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.104 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8230, 50.3639, 23.3816)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC272 #7972C2

analogous

#C2A172 #BBC272 #93C272

triadic

#BBC272 #72BBC2 #C272BB

tetradic

#BBC272 #72C2A1 #7972C2 #C27293

square

#BBC272 #72C2A1 #7972C2 #C27293

split-complementary

#BBC272 #7293C2 #A172C2

monochromatic

#7B8238 #A4AC4B #BBC272 #D0D49D #E4E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#BBC272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC272

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC272	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)

#CDBB6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.104 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d49c',
    500: '#bbc272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc272;
$custom-light: #d1d49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.25,
    "s": 39.604,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79054,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC272

secondary

#534E8A

accent

#33B33E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC272

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

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