#BBCB73#BBCB73

#BBCB73 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.114 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB73
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 115)
HSL	hsl(71, 46%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(71, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 43.3%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -18.92, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 46.02, 114.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0527 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.114 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9443, 54.5148, 24.3711)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB73 #8373CB

analogous

#CBAF73 #BBCB73 #8FCB73

triadic

#BBCB73 #73BBCB #CB73BB

tetradic

#BBCB73 #73CBAF #8373CB #CB738F

square

#BBCB73 #73CBAF #8373CB #CB738F

split-complementary

#BBCB73 #738FCB #AF73CB

monochromatic

#7E8F35 #A5BA46 #BBCB73 #D1DCA0 #E6ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBCB73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#BBCB73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB73

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB73	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C36C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.114 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1da9d',
    500: '#bbcb73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb73;
$custom-light: #d1da9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81029,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB73

secondary

#5A4D95

accent

#2CB946

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB73

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

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