#BBC498#BBC498

#BBC498 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.060 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC498
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 152)
HSL	hsl(72, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(72, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 22.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -10.59, 21.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 23.62, 116.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.2% -0.0276 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(80.2% 0.06 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9005, 52.3118, 37.3788)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC498 #A198C4

analogous

#C4B798 #BBC498 #A5C498

triadic

#BBC498 #98BBC4 #C498BB

tetradic

#BBC498 #98C4B7 #A198C4 #C498A5

square

#BBC498 #98C4B7 #A198C4 #C498A5

split-complementary

#BBC498 #98A5C4 #B798C4

monochromatic

#838F52 #A1AE71 #BBC498 #D5DABF #EEF1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#BBC498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC498

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC498	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.060 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5b6',
    500: '#bbc498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc498;
$custom-light: #cfd5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.273,
    "s": 27.16,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80196,
    "c": 0.06036,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC498

secondary

#726898

accent

#40A655

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC498

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

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