#BBC387#BBC387

#BBC387 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.080 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC387
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 135)
HSL	hsl(68, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(68, 31%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 30.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -12.47, 29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 31.85, 113.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0332 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.08 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3818, 51.3447, 30.4894)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC387 #8F87C3

analogous

#C3AD87 #BBC387 #9DC387

triadic

#BBC387 #87BBC3 #C387BB

tetradic

#BBC387 #87C3AD #8F87C3 #C3879D

square

#BBC387 #87C3AD #8F87C3 #C3879D

split-complementary

#BBC387 #879DC3 #AD87C3

monochromatic

#818A45 #A4AF5E #BBC387 #D2D7B0 #E9ECD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BBC387 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC387

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC387	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBD83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBE8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.080 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5aa',
    500: '#bbc387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc387;
$custom-light: #d0d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79634,
    "c": 0.08029,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC387

secondary

#635B93

accent

#39AC49

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC387

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

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