#BBC479#BBC479

#BBC479 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.098 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC479
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 121)
HSL	hsl(67, 39%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(67, 38%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 38.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -14.72, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 39.47, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0404 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.098 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6849, 51.4256, 25.7103)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC479 #8279C4

analogous

#C4A879 #BBC479 #96C479

triadic

#BBC479 #79BBC4 #C479BB

tetradic

#BBC479 #79C4A8 #8279C4 #C47996

square

#BBC479 #79C4A8 #8279C4 #C47996

split-complementary

#BBC479 #7996C4 #A879C4

monochromatic

#7E873B #A5B14F #BBC479 #D1D7A3 #E6E9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BBC479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC479

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC479	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBD73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.098 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5a0',
    500: '#bbc479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc479;
$custom-light: #d0d5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.2,
    "s": 38.86,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.796,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC479

secondary

#59528F

accent

#34B243

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC479

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

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