#BBC196#BBC196

#BBC196 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.059 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC196
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(68, 26%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(68, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 22.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.62, -9.34, 21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.62, 23.00, 113.97°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.024 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.059 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0681, 50.9070, 36.3001)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC196 #9C96C1

analogous

#C1B296 #BBC196 #A6C196

triadic

#BBC196 #96BBC1 #C196BB

tetradic

#BBC196 #96C1B2 #9C96C1 #C196A6

square

#BBC196 #96C1B2 #9C96C1 #C196A6

split-complementary

#BBC196 #96A6C1 #B296C1

monochromatic

#838B52 #A2AA70 #BBC196 #D4D8BC #EDEEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#BBC196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC196

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC196	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.059 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3b5',
    500: '#bbc196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc196;
$custom-light: #cfd3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.372,
    "s": 25.749,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79514,
    "c": 0.05859,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC196

secondary

#6D6794

accent

#41A44F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC196

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

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