#BBCD73#BBCD73

#BBCD73 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.117 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD73
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 115)
HSL	hsl(72, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(72, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 43.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -19.91, 42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 47.05, 115.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.0555 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.117 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4196, 55.4655, 24.5295)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD73 #8573CD

analogous

#CDB273 #BBCD73 #8ECD73

triadic

#BBCD73 #73BBCD #CD73BB

tetradic

#BBCD73 #73CDB2 #8573CD #CD738E

square

#BBCD73 #73CDB2 #8573CD #CD738E

split-complementary

#BBCD73 #738ECD #B273CD

monochromatic

#7F9234 #A5BD46 #BBCD73 #D1DDA0 #E7EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#BBCD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD73

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD73	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)

#D8C46C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.117 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dc9d',
    500: '#bbcd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd73;
$custom-light: #d1dc9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81467,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD73

secondary

#5B4C98

accent

#2BBB48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD73

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

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