#BBC57B#BBC57B

#BBC57B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.097 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC57B
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 123)
HSL	hsl(68, 39%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 38%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 37.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -14.99, 35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 38.98, 112.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% -0.041 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.097 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0352, 51.9278, 26.4383)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC57B #857BC5

analogous

#C5AA7B #BBC57B #96C57B

triadic

#BBC57B #7BBBC5 #C57BBB

tetradic

#BBC57B #7BC5AA #857BC5 #C57B96

square

#BBC57B #7BC5AA #857BC5 #C57B96

split-complementary

#BBC57B #7B96C5 #AA7BC5

monochromatic

#7F893C #A5B250 #BBC57B #D1D8A6 #E7EAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC57B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BBC57B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC57B

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC57B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC57B	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBE76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC07E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc57b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.097 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6a2',
    500: '#bbc57b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc57b;
$custom-light: #d0d6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc57b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.108,
    "s": 38.947,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7985,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC57B

secondary

#5B5391

accent

#34B245

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC57B

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

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