#BBC38E#BBC38E

#BBC38E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.072 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC38E
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 142)
HSL	hsl(69, 31%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(69, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 27.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -11.52, 25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 28.24, 114.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0303 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.072 115)
XYZ	xyz(44.8909, 51.5483, 33.1709)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC38E #968EC3

analogous

#C3B08E #BBC38E #A0C38E

triadic

#BBC38E #8EBBC3 #C38EBB

tetradic

#BBC38E #8EC3B0 #968EC3 #C38EA0

square

#BBC38E #8EC3B0 #968EC3 #C38EA0

split-complementary

#BBC38E #8EA0C3 #B08EC3

monochromatic

#828C4A #A3AE66 #BBC38E #D3D8B6 #EBEDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC38E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BBC38E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC38E

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC38E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC38E	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBE8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABF90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc38e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.072 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5af',
    500: '#bbc38e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc38e;
$custom-light: #d0d5af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc38e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.057,
    "s": 30.636,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79772,
    "c": 0.07161,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.51548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC38E

secondary

#686095

accent

#3CA94D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC38E

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

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