#BBC396#BBC396

#BBC396 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.061 H 116.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC396
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 150)
HSL	hsl(71, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(71, 23%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 23.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -10.38, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 24.10, 115.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.0269 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.061 116)
XYZ	xyz(45.5132, 51.7973, 36.4484)
Luminance	0.5180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC396 #9E96C3

analogous

#C3B596 #BBC396 #A4C396

triadic

#BBC396 #96BBC3 #C396BB

tetradic

#BBC396 #96C3B5 #9E96C3 #C396A4

square

#BBC396 #96C3B5 #9E96C3 #C396A4

split-complementary

#BBC396 #96A4C3 #B596C3

monochromatic

#838E51 #A2AD6F #BBC396 #D4D9BD #EDF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#BBC396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#BBC396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC396

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC396	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9BF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.061 116.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5b5',
    500: '#bbc396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc396;
$custom-light: #cfd5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.667,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7994,
    "c": 0.06146,
    "h": 116
  },
  "luminance": 0.51797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC396

secondary

#6F6697

accent

#40A652

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC396

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

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