#BBC281#BBC281

#BBC281 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.086 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC281
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 129)
HSL	hsl(66, 35%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(66, 34%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 33.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -12.73, 31.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 34.39, 111.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0342 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.086 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7479, 50.7338, 28.2526)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC281 #8881C2

analogous

#C2A881 #BBC281 #9AC281

triadic

#BBC281 #81BBC2 #C281BB

tetradic

#BBC281 #81C2A8 #8881C2 #C2819A

square

#BBC281 #81C2A8 #8881C2 #C2819A

split-complementary

#BBC281 #819AC2 #A881C2

monochromatic

#808741 #A5AE58 #BBC281 #D1D6AA #E8EAD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBC281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC281

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC281	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBC7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBE84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.086 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d4a6',
    500: '#bbc281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc281;
$custom-light: #d0d4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.462,
    "s": 34.759,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79307,
    "c": 0.08622,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC281

secondary

#5E5790

accent

#38AE45

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC281

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

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