#BBC198#BBC198

#BBC198 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.056 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC198
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 152)
HSL	hsl(69, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(69, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 21.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -9.04, 20.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 21.95, 114.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0232 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.056 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.2305, 50.9720, 37.1555)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC198 #9E98C1

analogous

#C1B298 #BBC198 #A7C198

triadic

#BBC198 #98BBC1 #C198BB

tetradic

#BBC198 #98C1B2 #9E98C1 #C198A7

square

#BBC198 #98C1B2 #9E98C1 #C198A7

split-complementary

#BBC198 #98A7C1 #B298C1

monochromatic

#838B54 #A2AA72 #BBC198 #D4D8BE #EDEFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#BBC198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#BBC198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC198

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC198	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)

#C7BD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.056 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3b6',
    500: '#bbc198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc198;
$custom-light: #cfd3b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.78,
    "s": 24.848,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79558,
    "c": 0.056,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC198

secondary

#6F6995

accent

#42A350

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC198

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

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