#BBC56C#BBC56C

#BBC56C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.114 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BBC56C
RGBrgb(187, 197, 108)
HSLhsl(67, 43%, 60%)
HSVhsv(67, 45%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(5.1%, 0%, 45.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.03, -16.66, 43.27)
CIE-LCHlch(77.03, 46.37, 111.05°)
OKLaboklab(79.62% -0.0469 0.1039)
OKLCHoklch(79.62% 0.114 114.3)
XYZxyz(43.1671, 51.5806, 21.8665)
Luminance0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BBC56C #766CC5
analogous
#C5A36C #BBC56C #8EC56C
triadic
#BBC56C #6CBBC5 #C56CBB
tetradic
#BBC56C #6CC5A3 #766CC5 #C56C8E
square
#BBC56C #6CC5A3 #766CC5 #C56C8E
split-complementary
#BBC56C #6C8EC5 #A36CC5
monochromatic
#7A8334 #A3AF45 #BBC56C #CFD698 #E4E8C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#BBC56C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32
#BBC56C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC56C
11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BBC56C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BBC56C1.001.8611.3211.32
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3221.001.001.00
##00000011.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0BD65
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BF70
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4BCB0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bbc56c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.114 114.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d698',
    500: '#bbc56c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bbc56c;
$custom-light: #d1d698;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bbc56c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.742,
    "s": 43.415,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79616,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BBC56C
secondary
#514A8B
accent
#55D363
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF5
border
#D4D4CF
text
#14140E
muted
#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC56C

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#BBC56C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva