#BBC596#BBC596

#BBC596 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.064 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC596
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(73, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(73, 24%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -11.41, 22.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 25.21, 116.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.37% -0.0298 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(80.37% 0.064 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.9644, 52.6995, 36.5988)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC596 #A096C5

analogous

#C5B796 #BBC596 #A3C596

triadic

#BBC596 #96BBC5 #C596BB

tetradic

#BBC596 #96C5B7 #A096C5 #C596A3

square

#BBC596 #96C5B7 #A096C5 #C596A3

split-complementary

#BBC596 #96A3C5 #B796C5

monochromatic

#839150 #A1AF6F #BBC596 #D5DBBD #EEF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#BBC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC596

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC596	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.064 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6b5',
    500: '#bbc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc596;
$custom-light: #cfd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.766,
    "s": 28.834,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80366,
    "c": 0.06438,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC596

secondary

#716699

accent

#3EA754

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC596

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

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