#BBC480#BBC480

#BBC480 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.090 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC480
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 128)
HSL	hsl(68, 37%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(68, 35%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 34.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -13.88, 33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 35.94, 112.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.72% -0.0375 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(79.72% 0.09 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.1299, 51.6036, 28.0536)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC480 #8980C4

analogous

#C4AB80 #BBC480 #99C480

triadic

#BBC480 #80BBC4 #C480BB

tetradic

#BBC480 #80C4AB #8980C4 #C48099

square

#BBC480 #80C4AB #8980C4 #C48099

split-complementary

#BBC480 #8099C4 #AB80C4

monochromatic

#808A40 #A5B156 #BBC480 #D1D7AA #E8EBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BBC480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC480

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC480	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBF83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.090 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5a5',
    500: '#bbc480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc480;
$custom-light: #d0d5a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.941,
    "s": 36.559,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79721,
    "c": 0.0901,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC480

secondary

#5E5692

accent

#36AF46

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC480

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →