#BBC39B#BBC39B

#BBC39B is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.055 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC39B
RGB	rgb(187, 195, 155)
HSL	hsl(72, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(72, 21%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 0%, 20.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -9.63, 19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 21.50, 116.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0248 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.055 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.9245, 51.9618, 38.6143)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC39B #A39BC3

analogous

#C3B79B #BBC39B #A7C39B

triadic

#BBC39B #9BBBC3 #C39BBB

tetradic

#BBC39B #9BC3B7 #A39BC3 #C39BA7

square

#BBC39B #9BC3B7 #A39BC3 #C39BA7

split-complementary

#BBC39B #9BA7C3 #B79BC3

monochromatic

#838E55 #A1AC75 #BBC39B #D5DAC1 #EFF1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#BBC39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#BBC39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC39B

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC39B	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BF99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BF9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFBEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 195, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.055 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5b8',
    500: '#bbc39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc39b;
$custom-light: #cfd5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 25,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8005,
    "c": 0.05502,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC39B

secondary

#746B97

accent

#42A455

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC39B

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

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