#BBC197#BBC197

#BBC197 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.057 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC197
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 151)
HSL	hsl(69, 25%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(69, 22%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 21.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -9.19, 20.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 22.47, 114.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0236 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.057 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1490, 50.9394, 36.7260)
Luminance	0.5094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC197 #9D97C1

analogous

#C1B297 #BBC197 #A6C197

triadic

#BBC197 #97BBC1 #C197BB

tetradic

#BBC197 #97C1B2 #9D97C1 #C197A6

square

#BBC197 #97C1B2 #9D97C1 #C197A6

split-complementary

#BBC197 #97A6C1 #B297C1

monochromatic

#838B53 #A2AA71 #BBC197 #D4D8BD #EDEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BBC197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC197

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC197	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.057 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3b5',
    500: '#bbc197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc197;
$custom-light: #cfd3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 25.301,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79536,
    "c": 0.0573,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC197

secondary

#6E6894

accent

#42A450

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC197

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

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