#BBCD72#BBCD72

#BBCD72 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.118 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD72
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(72, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 44.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -20.02, 43.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 47.53, 114.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0559 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.118 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3624, 55.4426, 24.2281)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD72 #8472CD

analogous

#CDB172 #BBCD72 #8ECD72

triadic

#BBCD72 #72BBCD #CD72BB

tetradic

#BBCD72 #72CDB1 #8472CD #CD728E

square

#BBCD72 #72CDB1 #8472CD #CD728E

split-complementary

#BBCD72 #728ECD #B172CD

monochromatic

#7F9133 #A5BD45 #BBCD72 #D1DD9F #E7EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BBCD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD72

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD72	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.118 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc9c',
    500: '#bbcd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd72;
$custom-light: #d1dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.868,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81452,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD72

secondary

#5B4C97

accent

#2BBB47

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD72

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

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