#BBC36D#BBC36D

#BBC36D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.110 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC36D
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 109)
HSL	hsl(66, 42%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 44%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 44.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -15.54, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 44.90, 110.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0436 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.11 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7695, 50.6998, 21.9980)
Luminance	0.5070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC36D #756DC3

analogous

#C3A06D #BBC36D #90C36D

triadic

#BBC36D #6DBBC3 #C36DBB

tetradic

#BBC36D #6DC3A0 #756DC3 #C36D90

square

#BBC36D #6DC3A0 #756DC3 #C36D90

split-complementary

#BBC36D #6D90C3 #A06DC3

monochromatic

#7A8135 #A3AC47 #BBC36D #CFD598 #E3E7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC36D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#BBC36D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC36D

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC36D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC36D	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc36d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.110 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d598',
    500: '#bbc36d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc36d;
$custom-light: #d1d598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc36d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 41.748,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79196,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC36D

secondary

#514B89

accent

#56D262

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC36D

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

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