#BBC489#BBC489

#BBC489 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.079 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC489
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(69, 33%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(69, 30%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 30.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -12.72, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 31.36, 113.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0338 0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.079 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.7487, 51.8512, 31.3129)
Luminance	0.5185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC489 #9289C4

analogous

#C4B089 #BBC489 #9DC489

triadic

#BBC489 #89BBC4 #C489BB

tetradic

#BBC489 #89C4B0 #9289C4 #C4899D

square

#BBC489 #89C4B0 #9289C4 #C4899D

split-complementary

#BBC489 #899DC4 #B089C4

monochromatic

#828C46 #A3B060 #BBC489 #D3D8B2 #EAEDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BBC489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC489

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC489	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBF8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.079 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ac',
    500: '#bbc489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc489;
$custom-light: #d0d5ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.153,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79887,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC489

secondary

#655C95

accent

#39AC4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC489

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

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