#BBC579#BBC579

#BBC579 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.100 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC579
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(68, 40%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(68, 39%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 38.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -15.23, 36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 39.98, 112.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0418 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.1 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9112, 51.8783, 25.7857)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC579 #8379C5

analogous

#C5A979 #BBC579 #95C579

triadic

#BBC579 #79BBC5 #C579BB

tetradic

#BBC579 #79C5A9 #8379C5 #C57995

square

#BBC579 #79C5A9 #8379C5 #C57995

split-complementary

#BBC579 #7995C5 #A979C5

monochromatic

#7E893B #A5B34E #BBC579 #D1D7A4 #E6EACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BBC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC579

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC579	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBE73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.100 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6a1',
    500: '#bbc579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc579;
$custom-light: #d0d6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 39.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79817,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC579

secondary

#5A5290

accent

#33B344

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC579

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

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