#BBC488#BBC488

#BBC488 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.080 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC488
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(69, 34%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(69, 31%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 30.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -12.85, 29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 31.87, 113.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0342 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.08 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6773, 51.8226, 30.9369)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC488 #9188C4

analogous

#C4AF88 #BBC488 #9DC488

triadic

#BBC488 #88BBC4 #C488BB

tetradic

#BBC488 #88C4AF #9188C4 #C4889D

square

#BBC488 #88C4AF #9188C4 #C4889D

split-complementary

#BBC488 #889DC4 #AF88C4

monochromatic

#828C45 #A4B05F #BBC488 #D2D8B1 #EAEDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BBC488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC488

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC488	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)

#CCBE84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.080 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ab',
    500: '#bbc488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc488;
$custom-light: #d0d5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 33.708,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79868,
    "c": 0.08044,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC488

secondary

#645C94

accent

#39AD4A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC488

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

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