#BBC57D#BBC57D

#BBC57D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.095 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC57D
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 125)
HSL	hsl(68, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 37%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 36.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -14.75, 34.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 37.98, 112.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0402 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.095 115)
XYZ	xyz(44.1616, 51.9784, 27.1045)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC57D #877DC5

analogous

#C5AB7D #BBC57D #97C57D

triadic

#BBC57D #7DBBC5 #C57DBB

tetradic

#BBC57D #7DC5AB #877DC5 #C57D97

square

#BBC57D #7DC5AB #877DC5 #C57D97

split-complementary

#BBC57D #7D97C5 #AB7DC5

monochromatic

#7F8A3E #A5B253 #BBC57D #D1D8A7 #E7EBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BBC57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC57D

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC57D	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBE78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC080

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.095 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6a3',
    500: '#bbc57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc57d;
$custom-light: #d0d6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.333,
    "s": 38.298,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79884,
    "c": 0.09498,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.51978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC57D

secondary

#5D5492

accent

#34B146

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC57D

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

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