#BBC481#BBC481

#BBC481 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.089 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC481
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(68, 36%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(68, 34%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 34.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -13.75, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 35.44, 112.84°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.0371 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.089 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1960, 51.6301, 28.4020)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC481 #8A81C4

analogous

#C4AB81 #BBC481 #99C481

triadic

#BBC481 #81BBC4 #C481BB

tetradic

#BBC481 #81C4AB #8A81C4 #C48199

square

#BBC481 #81C4AB #8A81C4 #C48199

split-complementary

#BBC481 #8199C4 #AB81C4

monochromatic

#808A41 #A5B057 #BBC481 #D1D8AB #E8EBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#BBC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC481

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC481	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBF84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.089 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5a6',
    500: '#bbc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc481;
$custom-light: #d0d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.06,
    "s": 36.216,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79738,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC481

secondary

#5F5792

accent

#36AF47

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC481

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

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