#BBC09E#BBC09E

#BBC09E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.047 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC09E
RGB	rgb(187, 192, 158)
HSL	hsl(69, 21%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(69, 18%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 17.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -7.60, 16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 18.25, 114.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.48% -0.0192 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.48% 0.047 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5141, 50.7329, 39.7358)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC09E #A39EC0

analogous

#C0B49E #BBC09E #AAC09E

triadic

#BBC09E #9EBBC0 #C09EBB

tetradic

#BBC09E #9EC0B4 #A39EC0 #C09EAA

square

#BBC09E #9EC0B4 #A39EC0 #C09EAA

split-complementary

#BBC09E #9EAAC0 #B49EC0

monochromatic

#838A5A #A1A879 #BBC09E #D5D8C3 #EFF0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#BBC09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC09E

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC09E	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5BC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 192, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.047 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3ba',
    500: '#bbc09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc09e;
$custom-light: #cfd3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 21.25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79483,
    "c": 0.04672,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC09E

secondary

#746E94

accent

#46A053

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC09E

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

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