#BBC38F#BBC38F

#BBC38F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.070 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC38F
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 143)
HSL	hsl(69, 30%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(69, 27%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 26.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -11.38, 25.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 27.73, 114.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0299 0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.07 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9663, 51.5785, 33.5681)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC38F #978FC3

analogous

#C3B18F #BBC38F #A1C38F

triadic

#BBC38F #8FBBC3 #C38FBB

tetradic

#BBC38F #8FC3B1 #978FC3 #C38FA1

square

#BBC38F #8FC3B1 #978FC3 #C38FA1

split-complementary

#BBC38F #8FA1C3 #B18FC3

monochromatic

#828C4B #A3AE67 #BBC38F #D3D8B7 #EBEEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BBC38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC38F

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC38F	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABF91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.070 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5b0',
    500: '#bbc38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc38f;
$custom-light: #d0d5b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 30.233,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79792,
    "c": 0.07035,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC38F

secondary

#696195

accent

#3DA94D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC38F

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

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