#BBC371#BBC371

#BBC371 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.106 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC371
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 113)
HSL	hsl(66, 41%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 42%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 42.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -15.12, 40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 42.94, 110.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.0421 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.106 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9897, 50.7879, 23.1579)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC371 #7971C3

analogous

#C3A271 #BBC371 #92C371

triadic

#BBC371 #71BBC3 #C371BB

tetradic

#BBC371 #71C3A2 #7971C3 #C37192

square

#BBC371 #71C3A2 #7971C3 #C37192

split-complementary

#BBC371 #7192C3 #A271C3

monochromatic

#7B8237 #A4AD49 #BBC371 #D0D59C #E4E7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#BBC371 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC371

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC371	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBE75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.106 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d59b',
    500: '#bbc371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc371;
$custom-light: #d1d59b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.854,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79256,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC371

secondary

#534D8B

accent

#32B43F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC371

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

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