#BBC57E#BBC57E

#BBC57E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.094 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC57E
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 126)
HSL	hsl(68, 38%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(68, 36%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 36%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -14.63, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 37.47, 112.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.0398 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.094 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2258, 52.0041, 27.4426)
Luminance	0.5200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC57E #887EC5

analogous

#C5AB7E #BBC57E #97C57E

triadic

#BBC57E #7EBBC5 #C57EBB

tetradic

#BBC57E #7EC5AB #887EC5 #C57E97

square

#BBC57E #7EC5AB #887EC5 #C57E97

split-complementary

#BBC57E #7E97C5 #AB7EC5

monochromatic

#808A3E #A5B254 #BBC57E #D1D8A8 #E8EBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#BBC57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC57E

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC57E	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)

#CFBE79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC081

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.094 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6a4',
    500: '#bbc57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc57e;
$custom-light: #d0d6a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.451,
    "s": 37.968,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79902,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC57E

secondary

#5E5592

accent

#35B146

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC57E

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

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