#BBC38B#BBC38B

#BBC38B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.075 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC38B
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 139)
HSL	hsl(69, 32%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(69, 29%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 28.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -11.94, 27.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 29.79, 113.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0315 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.075 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.6687, 51.4595, 32.0006)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC38B #938BC3

analogous

#C3AF8B #BBC38B #9FC38B

triadic

#BBC38B #8BBBC3 #C38BBB

tetradic

#BBC38B #8BC3AF #938BC3 #C38B9F

square

#BBC38B #8BC3AF #938BC3 #C38B9F

split-complementary

#BBC38B #8B9FC3 #AF8BC3

monochromatic

#828B48 #A3AE63 #BBC38B #D3D8B3 #EAEDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BBC38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC38B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC38B	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBD87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.075 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ad',
    500: '#bbc38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc38b;
$custom-light: #d0d5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 31.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79712,
    "c": 0.07535,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC38B

secondary

#665E94

accent

#3BAB4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC38B

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

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