#BBC49D#BBC49D

#BBC49D is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.054 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC49D
RGB	rgb(187, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(74, 25%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(74, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 0%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -9.84, 18.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 21.03, 117.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0255 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.054 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3186, 52.4791, 39.5811)
Luminance	0.5248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC49D #A69DC4

analogous

#C4BA9D #BBC49D #A8C49D

triadic

#BBC49D #9DBBC4 #C49DBB

tetradic

#BBC49D #9DC4BA #A69DC4 #C49DA8

square

#BBC49D #9DC4BA #A69DC4 #C49DA8

split-complementary

#BBC49D #9DA8C4 #BA9DC4

monochromatic

#839057 #A0AD77 #BBC49D #D6DBC3 #F0F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#BBC49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#BBC49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC49D

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC49D	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC09B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8C09F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.054 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd5ba',
    500: '#bbc49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc49d;
$custom-light: #cfd5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 24.841,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80308,
    "c": 0.05392,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC49D

secondary

#776D98

accent

#42A359

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC49D

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

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