#BBC499#BBC499

#BBC499 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.059 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC499
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 153)
HSL	hsl(73, 27%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(73, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 21.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -10.44, 20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 23.10, 116.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0271 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.059 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9827, 52.3447, 37.8119)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC499 #A299C4

analogous

#C4B799 #BBC499 #A5C499

triadic

#BBC499 #99BBC4 #C499BB

tetradic

#BBC499 #99C4B7 #A299C4 #C499A5

square

#BBC499 #99C4B7 #A299C4 #C499A5

split-complementary

#BBC499 #99A5C4 #B799C4

monochromatic

#839053 #A1AE72 #BBC499 #D5DAC0 #EFF1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#BBC499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC499

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC499	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.059 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5b7',
    500: '#bbc499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc499;
$custom-light: #cfd5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.558,
    "s": 26.708,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80218,
    "c": 0.05907,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC499

secondary

#736998

accent

#40A555

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC499

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

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