#BBC86B#BBC86B

#BBC86B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.119 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC86B
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 107)
HSL	hsl(68, 46%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(68, 47%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 46.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -18.26, 44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 48.34, 112.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0515 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.119 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8021, 52.9354, 21.8171)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC86B #786BC8

analogous

#C8A66B #BBC86B #8CC86B

triadic

#BBC86B #6BBBC8 #C86BBB

tetradic

#BBC86B #6BC8A6 #786BC8 #C86B8C

square

#BBC86B #6BC8A6 #786BC8 #C86B8C

split-complementary

#BBC86B #6B8CC8 #A66BC8

monochromatic

#7B8732 #A3B343 #BBC86B #D0D998 #E4E9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC86B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BBC86B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC86B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC86B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC86B	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc86b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.119 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d897',
    500: '#bbc86b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc86b;
$custom-light: #d1d897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc86b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.387,
    "s": 45.813,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80257,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC86B

secondary

#53498E

accent

#2CB940

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC86B

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

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