#BBC779#BBC779

#BBC779 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.102 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC779
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 121)
HSL	hsl(69, 41%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(69, 39%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 39.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -16.24, 37.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 41.01, 113.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0447 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.102 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3684, 52.7925, 25.9381)
Luminance	0.5279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC779 #8579C7

analogous

#C7AC79 #BBC779 #94C779

triadic

#BBC779 #79BBC7 #C779BB

tetradic

#BBC779 #79C7AC #8579C7 #C77994

square

#BBC779 #79C7AC #8579C7 #C77994

split-complementary

#BBC779 #7994C7 #AC79C7

monochromatic

#7F8B3A #A5B54E #BBC779 #D1D9A4 #E7EBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BBC779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC779

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC779	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.102 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8a1',
    500: '#bbc779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc779;
$custom-light: #d0d8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 41.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80251,
    "c": 0.10227,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC779

secondary

#5B5193

accent

#31B446

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC779

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

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