#BBC572#BBC572

#BBC572 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.107 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC572
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 114)
HSL	hsl(67, 42%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(67, 42%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 42.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -16.02, 40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 43.44, 111.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0446 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.107 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.4974, 51.7127, 23.6064)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC572 #7C72C5

analogous

#C5A572 #BBC572 #91C572

triadic

#BBC572 #72BBC5 #C572BB

tetradic

#BBC572 #72C5A5 #7C72C5 #C57291

square

#BBC572 #72C5A5 #7C72C5 #C57291

split-complementary

#BBC572 #7291C5 #A572C5

monochromatic

#7C8637 #A4B149 #BBC572 #D0D79D #E5E9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#BBC572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC572

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC572	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.107 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d69c',
    500: '#bbc572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc572;
$custom-light: #d1d69c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.229,
    "s": 41.709,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79706,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC572

secondary

#554E8E

accent

#31B541

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC572

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

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