#BBC86D#BBC86D

#BBC86D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.117 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC86D
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 109)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 46%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 45.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -18.06, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 47.38, 112.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0508 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.117 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9086, 52.9780, 22.3777)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC86D #7A6DC8

analogous

#C8A76D #BBC86D #8DC86D

triadic

#BBC86D #6DBBC8 #C86DBB

tetradic

#BBC86D #6DC8A7 #7A6DC8 #C86D8D

square

#BBC86D #6DC8A7 #7A6DC8 #C86D8D

split-complementary

#BBC86D #6D8DC8 #A76DC8

monochromatic

#7B8833 #A4B444 #BBC86D #D0D999 #E4E9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BBC86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC86D

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC86D	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C065

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.117 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d898',
    500: '#bbc86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc86d;
$custom-light: #d1d898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 45.274,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80285,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC86D

secondary

#544A8F

accent

#2DB841

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC86D

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

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