#BBC199#BBC199

#BBC199 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.055 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC199
RGB	rgb(187, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(69, 24%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(69, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.1%, 0%, 20.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -8.89, 19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 21.43, 114.52°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0228 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.055 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.3128, 51.0049, 37.5886)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC199 #9F99C1

analogous

#C1B399 #BBC199 #A7C199

triadic

#BBC199 #99BBC1 #C199BB

tetradic

#BBC199 #99C1B3 #9F99C1 #C199A7

square

#BBC199 #99C1B3 #9F99C1 #C199A7

split-complementary

#BBC199 #99A7C1 #B399C1

monochromatic

#838B55 #A2AA73 #BBC199 #D4D8BF #EEEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#BBC199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#BBC199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC199

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC199	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.055 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd3b7',
    500: '#bbc199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc199;
$custom-light: #cfd3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 24.39,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7958,
    "c": 0.0547,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC199

secondary

#706995

accent

#43A351

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC199

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

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