#BBC478#BBC478

#BBC478 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.099 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC478
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 120)
HSL	hsl(67, 39%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(67, 39%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 38.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -14.84, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 39.97, 111.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0408 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.099 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6239, 51.4012, 25.3890)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC478 #8178C4

analogous

#C4A778 #BBC478 #95C478

triadic

#BBC478 #78BBC4 #C478BB

tetradic

#BBC478 #78C4A7 #8178C4 #C47895

square

#BBC478 #78C4A7 #8178C4 #C47895

split-complementary

#BBC478 #7895C4 #A778C4

monochromatic

#7E873B #A5B14D #BBC478 #D0D7A3 #E6E9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#BBC478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC478

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC478	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.099 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5a0',
    500: '#bbc478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc478;
$custom-light: #d0d5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.105,
    "s": 39.175,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79584,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC478

secondary

#59518F

accent

#33B242

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC478

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

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