#BBC56D#BBC56D

#BBC56D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.113 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC56D
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 109)
HSL	hsl(67, 43%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(67, 45%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 44.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.04, -16.55, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.04, 45.88, 111.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.0465 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.113 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2206, 51.6020, 22.1484)
Luminance	0.5160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC56D #776DC5

analogous

#C5A36D #BBC56D #8FC56D

triadic

#BBC56D #6DBBC5 #C56DBB

tetradic

#BBC56D #6DC5A3 #776DC5 #C56D8F

square

#BBC56D #6DC5A3 #776DC5 #C56D8F

split-complementary

#BBC56D #6D8FC5 #A36DC5

monochromatic

#7A8334 #A3AF46 #BBC56D #CFD699 #E4E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#BBC56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC56D

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC56D	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.113 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d698',
    500: '#bbc56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc56d;
$custom-light: #d1d698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.818,
    "s": 43.137,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79631,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC56D

secondary

#524B8B

accent

#55D363

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC56D

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

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