#BBC56B#BBC56B

#BBC56B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.115 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC56B
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 107)
HSL	hsl(67, 44%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 46%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 45.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -16.76, 43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 46.85, 110.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0472 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.115 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1142, 51.5594, 21.5878)
Luminance	0.5156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC56B #756BC5

analogous

#C5A26B #BBC56B #8EC56B

triadic

#BBC56B #6BBBC5 #C56BBB

tetradic

#BBC56B #6BC5A2 #756BC5 #C56B8E

square

#BBC56B #6BC5A2 #756BC5 #C56B8E

split-complementary

#BBC56B #6B8EC5 #A26BC5

monochromatic

#7A8233 #A3AE44 #BBC56B #CFD697 #E3E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC56B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#BBC56B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC56B

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC56B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC56B	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BF70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc56b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.115 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d697',
    500: '#bbc56b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc56b;
$custom-light: #d1d697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc56b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 43.689,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79602,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC56B

secondary

#514A8B

accent

#54D362

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC56B

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

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