#BBC496#BBC496

#BBC496 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.063 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC496
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 150)
HSL	hsl(72, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(72, 23%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 23.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -10.89, 22.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 24.66, 116.21°)
OKLab	oklab(80.15% -0.0284 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(80.15% 0.063 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7380, 52.2469, 36.5234)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC496 #9F96C4

analogous

#C4B696 #BBC496 #A4C496

triadic

#BBC496 #96BBC4 #C496BB

tetradic

#BBC496 #96C4B6 #9F96C4 #C496A4

square

#BBC496 #96C4B6 #9F96C4 #C496A4

split-complementary

#BBC496 #96A4C4 #B696C4

monochromatic

#838F50 #A2AE6F #BBC496 #D4DABD #EEF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#BBC496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC496

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC496	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.063 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5b5',
    500: '#bbc496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc496;
$custom-light: #cfd5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.739,
    "s": 28.049,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80153,
    "c": 0.06291,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC496

secondary

#706698

accent

#3FA753

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC496

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

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