#BBC279#BBC279

#BBC279 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.096 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC279
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 121)
HSL	hsl(66, 37%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(66, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 37.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -13.71, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 38.45, 110.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0375 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.096 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2368, 50.5294, 25.5609)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC279 #8079C2

analogous

#C2A579 #BBC279 #97C279

triadic

#BBC279 #79BBC2 #C279BB

tetradic

#BBC279 #79C2A5 #8079C2 #C27997

square

#BBC279 #79C2A5 #8079C2 #C27997

split-complementary

#BBC279 #7997C2 #A579C2

monochromatic

#7D843C #A5AE4F #BBC279 #D0D5A3 #E6E8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#BBC279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC279

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC279	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBC74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.096 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d4a0',
    500: '#bbc279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc279;
$custom-light: #d0d4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.753,
    "s": 37.436,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79168,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC279

secondary

#58528D

accent

#35B041

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC279

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

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