#BBC487#BBC487

#BBC487 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.082 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC487
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 135)
HSL	hsl(69, 34%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(69, 31%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 31.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -12.98, 29.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 32.38, 113.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.0347 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.082 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.6066, 51.7943, 30.5644)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC487 #9087C4

analogous

#C4AE87 #BBC487 #9DC487

triadic

#BBC487 #87BBC4 #C487BB

tetradic

#BBC487 #87C4AE #9087C4 #C4879D

square

#BBC487 #87C4AE #9087C4 #C4879D

split-complementary

#BBC487 #879DC4 #AE87C4

monochromatic

#818C45 #A4B05E #BBC487 #D2D8B0 #E9ECD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BBC487 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC487

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC487	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.082 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5aa',
    500: '#bbc487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc487;
$custom-light: #d0d5aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.852,
    "s": 34.078,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79849,
    "c": 0.08167,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC487

secondary

#635B94

accent

#39AD4A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC487

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

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