#BBC48B#BBC48B

#BBC48B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.077 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC48B
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 139)
HSL	hsl(69, 33%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(69, 29%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 29.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -12.45, 27.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 30.33, 114.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.033 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.077 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8935, 51.9091, 32.0755)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC48B #948BC4

analogous

#C4B08B #BBC48B #9EC48B

triadic

#BBC48B #8BBBC4 #C48BBB

tetradic

#BBC48B #8BC4B0 #948BC4 #C48B9E

square

#BBC48B #8BC4B0 #948BC4 #C48B9E

split-complementary

#BBC48B #8B9EC4 #B08BC4

monochromatic

#828D48 #A3AF62 #BBC48B #D3D9B4 #EBEDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BBC48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC48B

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC48B	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBE87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.077 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d5ad',
    500: '#bbc48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc48b;
$custom-light: #d0d5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 32.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79926,
    "c": 0.07676,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC48B

secondary

#675E95

accent

#3AAB4C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC48B

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

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