#BBC577#BBC577

#BBC577 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.102 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC577
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 119)
HSL	hsl(68, 40%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 40%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 39.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -15.46, 37.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 40.97, 112.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0426 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.102 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.7899, 51.8297, 25.1465)
Luminance	0.5183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC577 #8177C5

analogous

#C5A877 #BBC577 #94C577

triadic

#BBC577 #77BBC5 #C577BB

tetradic

#BBC577 #77C5A8 #8177C5 #C57794

square

#BBC577 #77C5A8 #8177C5 #C57794

split-complementary

#BBC577 #7794C5 #A877C5

monochromatic

#7E883A #A5B34C #BBC577 #D0D7A2 #E6EACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#BBC577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC577

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC577	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBE71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.102 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d69f',
    500: '#bbc577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc577;
$custom-light: #d0d69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 40.206,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79784,
    "c": 0.10188,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC577

secondary

#595190

accent

#32B343

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC577

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

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