#BBC485#BBC485

#BBC485 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.084 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC485
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 133)
HSL	hsl(69, 35%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(69, 32%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 32.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -13.24, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 33.40, 113.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0355 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.084 115)
XYZ	xyz(44.4671, 51.7385, 29.8297)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC485 #8E85C4

analogous

#C4AE85 #BBC485 #9CC485

triadic

#BBC485 #85BBC4 #C485BB

tetradic

#BBC485 #85C4AE #8E85C4 #C4859C

square

#BBC485 #85C4AE #8E85C4 #C4859C

split-complementary

#BBC485 #859CC4 #AE85C4

monochromatic

#818B43 #A4B05C #BBC485 #D2D8AE #E9ECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#BBC485 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC485

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC485	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBE81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.084 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5a9',
    500: '#bbc485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc485;
$custom-light: #d0d5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 34.807,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79812,
    "c": 0.0841,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.51738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC485

secondary

#625A93

accent

#38AE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC485

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

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