#BBC46B#BBC46B

#BBC46B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.114 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC46B
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 107)
HSL	hsl(66, 43%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(66, 45%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 45.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -16.25, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 46.36, 110.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0458 0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.114 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8879, 51.1068, 21.5124)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC46B #746BC4

analogous

#C4A06B #BBC46B #8FC46B

triadic

#BBC46B #6BBBC4 #C46BBB

tetradic

#BBC46B #6BC4A0 #746BC4 #C46B8F

square

#BBC46B #6BC4A0 #746BC4 #C46B8F

split-complementary

#BBC46B #6B8FC4 #A06BC4

monochromatic

#798133 #A2AD45 #BBC46B #CFD597 #E3E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC46B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#BBC46B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC46B

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC46B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC46B	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBE6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc46b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.114 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d597',
    500: '#bbc46b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc46b;
$custom-light: #d1d597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc46b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.067,
    "s": 42.995,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79384,
    "c": 0.11377,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC46B

secondary

#504A89

accent

#55D362

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC46B

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

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