#BBC978#BBC978

#BBC978 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.106 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC978
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(70, 43%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(70, 40%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 40.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -17.36, 38.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 42.55, 114.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0479 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.106 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7706, 53.6945, 25.7712)
Luminance	0.5369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC978 #8678C9

analogous

#C9AE78 #BBC978 #93C978

triadic

#BBC978 #78BBC9 #C978BB

tetradic

#BBC978 #78C9AE #8678C9 #C97893

square

#BBC978 #78C9AE #8678C9 #C97893

split-complementary

#BBC978 #7893C9 #AE78C9

monochromatic

#7F8E39 #A5B84C #BBC978 #D1DAA4 #E7ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BBC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC978

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC978	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.106 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9a0',
    500: '#bbc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc978;
$custom-light: #d0d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.37,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8067,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC978

secondary

#5C5095

accent

#30B647

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC978

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

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