#BBC097#BBC097

#BBC097 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.056 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC097
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 151)
HSL	hsl(67, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(67, 21%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 21.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.37, -8.67, 20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.37, 21.93, 113.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0221 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.056 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9287, 50.4988, 36.6525)
Luminance	0.5050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC097 #9C97C0

analogous

#C0B197 #BBC097 #A7C097

triadic

#BBC097 #97BBC0 #C097BB

tetradic

#BBC097 #97C0B1 #9C97C0 #C097A7

square

#BBC097 #97C0B1 #9C97C0 #C097A7

split-complementary

#BBC097 #97A7C0 #B197C0

monochromatic

#838953 #A2A971 #BBC097 #D4D7BD #EDEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#BBC097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#BBC097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC097

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC097	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.056 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3b5',
    500: '#bbc097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc097;
$custom-light: #cfd3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.317,
    "s": 24.551,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79323,
    "c": 0.05588,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC097

secondary

#6D6893

accent

#42A34E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC097

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

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