#BBC47B#BBC47B

#BBC47B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.096 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BBC47B
RGBrgb(187, 196, 123)
HSLhsl(67, 38%, 63%)
HSVhsv(67, 37%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(4.6%, 0%, 37.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(76.97, -14.49, 35.63)
CIE-LCHlch(76.97, 38.46, 112.13°)
OKLaboklab(79.63% -0.0396 0.0874)
OKLCHoklch(79.63% 0.096 114.3)
XYZxyz(43.8088, 51.4752, 26.3629)
Luminance0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BBC47B #847BC4
analogous
#C4A87B #BBC47B #97C47B
triadic
#BBC47B #7BBBC4 #C47BBB
tetradic
#BBC47B #7BC4A8 #847BC4 #C47B97
square
#BBC47B #7BC4A8 #847BC4 #C47B97
split-complementary
#BBC47B #7B97C4 #A87BC4
monochromatic
#7F883D #A5B151 #BBC47B #D1D7A5 #E7EAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#BBC47B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30
#BBC47B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC47B
11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BBC47B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BBC47B1.001.8611.3011.30
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3021.001.001.00
##00000011.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEBD76
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBF7E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C3BCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bbc47b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.096 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5a2',
    500: '#bbc47b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bbc47b;
$custom-light: #d0d5a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bbc47b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.397,
    "s": 38.22,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79634,
    "c": 0.09597,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BBC47B
secondary
#5B5390
accent
#34B144
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF5
border
#D4D4CF
text
#14140F
muted
#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC47B

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#BBC47B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva