#BBC588#BBC588

#BBC588 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.082 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC588
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 136)
HSL	hsl(70, 34%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(70, 31%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 31%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -13.36, 29.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 32.41, 114.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0357 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.082 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.9036, 52.2752, 31.0123)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC588 #9288C5

analogous

#C5B088 #BBC588 #9CC588

triadic

#BBC588 #88BBC5 #C588BB

tetradic

#BBC588 #88C5B0 #9288C5 #C5889C

square

#BBC588 #88C5B0 #9288C5 #C5889C

split-complementary

#BBC588 #889CC5 #B088C5

monochromatic

#828E45 #A3B15F #BBC588 #D3D9B1 #EAEDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BBC588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC588

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC588	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDBF84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.082 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6ab',
    500: '#bbc588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc588;
$custom-light: #d0d6ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.836,
    "s": 34.463,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80083,
    "c": 0.08183,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC588

secondary

#655C96

accent

#38AD4B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC588

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

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