#BBC296#BBC296

#BBC296 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.060 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC296
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 150)
HSL	hsl(70, 27%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(70, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 22.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -9.86, 21.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 23.55, 114.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0255 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.06 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2899, 51.3507, 36.3740)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC296 #9D96C2

analogous

#C2B396 #BBC296 #A5C296

triadic

#BBC296 #96BBC2 #C296BB

tetradic

#BBC296 #96C2B3 #9D96C2 #C296A5

square

#BBC296 #96C2B3 #9D96C2 #C296A5

split-complementary

#BBC296 #96A5C2 #B396C2

monochromatic

#838C51 #A2AC6F #BBC296 #D4D8BD #EDEFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#BBC296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC296

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC296	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BE98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.060 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd4b5',
    500: '#bbc296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc296;
$custom-light: #cfd4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.545,
    "s": 26.506,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79726,
    "c": 0.06002,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC296

secondary

#6E6795

accent

#40A550

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC296

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

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