#BBC273#BBC273

#BBC273 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.102 H 112.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC273
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 115)
HSL	hsl(65, 39%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(65, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 40.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -14.39, 38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 41.45, 110.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0398 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.103 112.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8803, 50.3868, 23.6830)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC273 #7A73C2

analogous

#C2A173 #BBC273 #94C273

triadic

#BBC273 #73BBC2 #C273BB

tetradic

#BBC273 #73C2A1 #7A73C2 #C27394

square

#BBC273 #73C2A1 #7A73C2 #C27394

split-complementary

#BBC273 #7394C2 #A173C2

monochromatic

#7B8239 #A4AD4B #BBC273 #D0D59E #E4E7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#BBC273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#BBC273 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC273

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC273	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBB6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.102 112.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d49c',
    500: '#bbc273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc273;
$custom-light: #d1d49c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.316,
    "s": 39.303,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7907,
    "c": 0.1025,
    "h": 112.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC273

secondary

#544F8A

accent

#33B23E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC273

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

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