#BBC591#BBC591

#BBC591 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.071 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC591
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(72, 31%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(72, 26%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 26.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -12.13, 25.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 27.79, 115.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0319 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.071 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.5703, 52.5419, 34.5235)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC591 #9B91C5

analogous

#C5B591 #BBC591 #A1C591

triadic

#BBC591 #91BBC5 #C591BB

tetradic

#BBC591 #91C5B5 #9B91C5 #C591A1

square

#BBC591 #91C5B5 #9B91C5 #C591A1

split-complementary

#BBC591 #91A1C5 #B591C5

monochromatic

#83904C #A2B069 #BBC591 #D4DAB9 #EDEFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#BBC591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC591

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC591	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCBF8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC093

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.071 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d6b1',
    500: '#bbc591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc591;
$custom-light: #d0d6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.538,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80261,
    "c": 0.07069,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC591

secondary

#6C6298

accent

#3CAA51

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC591

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

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