#BBC587#BBC587

#BBC587 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.083 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC587
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 135)
HSL	hsl(70, 35%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(70, 31%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 31.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -13.49, 30.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 32.92, 114.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0361 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.083 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.8329, 52.2469, 30.6398)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC587 #9187C5

analogous

#C5B087 #BBC587 #9CC587

triadic

#BBC587 #87BBC5 #C587BB

tetradic

#BBC587 #87C5B0 #9187C5 #C5879C

square

#BBC587 #87C5B0 #9187C5 #C5879C

split-complementary

#BBC587 #879CC5 #B087C5

monochromatic

#828D44 #A4B15E #BBC587 #D2D9B0 #EAEDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BBC587 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC587

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC587	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBF83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC08A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.083 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6aa',
    500: '#bbc587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc587;
$custom-light: #d0d6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.677,
    "s": 34.831,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80064,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC587

secondary

#645B95

accent

#38AE4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC587

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

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