#BBC470#BBC470

#BBC470 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.108 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC470
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 112)
HSL	hsl(66, 42%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 43%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 42.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -15.73, 41.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 43.93, 110.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0439 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.108 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.1585, 51.2151, 22.9380)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC470 #7970C4

analogous

#C4A370 #BBC470 #91C470

triadic

#BBC470 #70BBC4 #C470BB

tetradic

#BBC470 #70C4A3 #7970C4 #C47091

square

#BBC470 #70C4A3 #7970C4 #C47091

split-complementary

#BBC470 #7091C4 #A370C4

monochromatic

#7B8336 #A4AF48 #BBC470 #D0D69B #E4E8C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#BBC470 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC470

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC470	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBD69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.108 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d59a',
    500: '#bbc470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc470;
$custom-light: #d1d59a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 41.584,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79458,
    "c": 0.10839,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC470

secondary

#534D8C

accent

#31B53F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC470

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

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