#BBC36B#BBC36B

#BBC36B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.113 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC36B
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 107)
HSL	hsl(65, 42%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(65, 45%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 45.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -15.75, 43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 45.87, 110.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0444 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.113 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.6630, 50.6572, 21.4374)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC36B #736BC3

analogous

#C39F6B #BBC36B #8FC36B

triadic

#BBC36B #6BBBC3 #C36BBB

tetradic

#BBC36B #6BC39F #736BC3 #C36B8F

square

#BBC36B #6BC39F #736BC3 #C36B8F

split-complementary

#BBC36B #6B8FC3 #9F6BC3

monochromatic

#798034 #A2AB45 #BBC36B #CFD597 #E3E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC36B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#BBC36B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC36B

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC36B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC36B	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc36b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.113 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d597',
    500: '#bbc36b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc36b;
$custom-light: #d1d597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc36b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.455,
    "s": 42.308,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79167,
    "c": 0.11252,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC36B

secondary

#504A88

accent

#56D261

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC36B

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

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