#BBC299#BBC299

#BBC299 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.056 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC299
RGB	rgb(187, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(70, 25%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(70, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 0%, 21.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -9.41, 19.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 21.98, 115.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0242 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.056 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.5346, 51.4485, 37.6626)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC299 #A099C2

analogous

#C2B499 #BBC299 #A6C299

triadic

#BBC299 #99BBC2 #C299BB

tetradic

#BBC299 #99C2B4 #A099C2 #C299A6

square

#BBC299 #99C2B4 #A099C2 #C299A6

split-complementary

#BBC299 #99A6C2 #B499C2

monochromatic

#838D54 #A1AB73 #BBC299 #D5D9BF #EEF0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#BBC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#BBC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC299

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC299	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BE9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.056 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd4b7',
    500: '#bbc299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc299;
$custom-light: #cfd4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.244,
    "s": 25.153,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79793,
    "c": 0.05614,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC299

secondary

#716996

accent

#42A453

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC299

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

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