#BBC38D#BBC38D

#BBC38D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.073 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC38D
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 141)
HSL	hsl(69, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(69, 28%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 27.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -11.66, 26.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 28.76, 113.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0307 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.073 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8162, 51.5184, 32.7772)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC38D #958DC3

analogous

#C3B08D #BBC38D #A0C38D

triadic

#BBC38D #8DBBC3 #C38DBB

tetradic

#BBC38D #8DC3B0 #958DC3 #C38DA0

square

#BBC38D #8DC3B0 #958DC3 #C38DA0

split-complementary

#BBC38D #8DA0C3 #B08DC3

monochromatic

#828C4A #A3AE65 #BBC38D #D3D8B5 #EBEDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#BBC38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC38D

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC38D	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBE89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABF8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.073 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ae',
    500: '#bbc38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc38d;
$custom-light: #d0d5ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.889,
    "s": 31.034,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79752,
    "c": 0.07286,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC38D

secondary

#676095

accent

#3CAA4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC38D

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

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