#BBC987#BBC987

#BBC987 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.089 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC987
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 135)
HSL	hsl(73, 38%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(73, 33%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 32.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -15.52, 31.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 35.08, 116.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0419 0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.089 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.7532, 54.0876, 30.9466)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC987 #9587C9

analogous

#C9B687 #BBC987 #9AC987

triadic

#BBC987 #87BBC9 #C987BB

tetradic

#BBC987 #87C9B6 #9587C9 #C9879A

square

#BBC987 #87C9B6 #9587C9 #C9879A

split-complementary

#BBC987 #879AC9 #B687C9

monochromatic

#829342 #A3B65D #BBC987 #D3DCB1 #EBEFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#BBC987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC987

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC987	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C282

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C38A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.089 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9aa',
    500: '#bbc987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc987;
$custom-light: #d0d9aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.727,
    "s": 37.931,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80928,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC987

secondary

#675A9B

accent

#35B14F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC987

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

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