#BBC970#BBC970

#BBC970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.115 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC970
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 44%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 44.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -18.24, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 46.44, 113.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.051 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.115 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.3052, 53.5084, 23.3202)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC970 #7E70C9

analogous

#C9AB70 #BBC970 #8FC970

triadic

#BBC970 #70BBC9 #C970BB

tetradic

#BBC970 #70C9AB #7E70C9 #C9708F

square

#BBC970 #70C9AB #7E70C9 #C9708F

split-complementary

#BBC970 #708FC9 #AB70C9

monochromatic

#7D8A34 #A5B745 #BBC970 #D0DA9C #E5EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#BBC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC970

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC970	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C169

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.115 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d99b',
    500: '#bbc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc970;
$custom-light: #d1d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.438,
    "s": 45.178,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80547,
    "c": 0.11485,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC970

secondary

#574C92

accent

#2DB843

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC970

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

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