#BBC57A#BBC57A

#BBC57A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.098 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC57A
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 122)
HSL	hsl(68, 39%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 38%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 38.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -15.11, 36.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 39.48, 112.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0414 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.098 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.9729, 51.9029, 26.1103)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC57A #847AC5

analogous

#C5A97A #BBC57A #95C57A

triadic

#BBC57A #7ABBC5 #C57ABB

tetradic

#BBC57A #7AC5A9 #847AC5 #C57A95

square

#BBC57A #7AC5A9 #847AC5 #C57A95

split-complementary

#BBC57A #7A95C5 #A97AC5

monochromatic

#7F893C #A5B24F #BBC57A #D1D8A5 #E7EACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC57A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#BBC57A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC57A

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC57A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC57A	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)

#CFBE74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc57a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.098 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6a1',
    500: '#bbc57a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc57a;
$custom-light: #d0d6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc57a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 39.267,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79834,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC57A

secondary

#5B5291

accent

#33B244

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC57A

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

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