#BBC879#BBC879

#BBC879 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.104 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC879
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 121)
HSL	hsl(70, 42%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(70, 40%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 39.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -16.74, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 41.53, 113.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0461 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.104 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5992, 53.2542, 26.0150)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC879 #8679C8

analogous

#C8AD79 #BBC879 #94C879

triadic

#BBC879 #79BBC8 #C879BB

tetradic

#BBC879 #79C8AD #8679C8 #C87994

square

#BBC879 #79C8AD #8679C8 #C87994

split-complementary

#BBC879 #7994C8 #AD79C8

monochromatic

#7F8D3A #A5B64E #BBC879 #D1DAA4 #E7ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBC879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BBC879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC879

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC879	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.104 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8a1',
    500: '#bbc879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc879;
$custom-light: #d0d8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.873,
    "s": 41.799,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80469,
    "c": 0.10361,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC879

secondary

#5C5194

accent

#31B546

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC879

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

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