#BBC597#BBC597

#BBC597 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.063 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC597
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 151)
HSL	hsl(73, 28%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(73, 23%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 23.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -11.26, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 24.70, 117.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0294 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.063 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0452, 52.7318, 37.0247)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC597 #A197C5

analogous

#C5B897 #BBC597 #A4C597

triadic

#BBC597 #97BBC5 #C597BB

tetradic

#BBC597 #97C5B8 #A197C5 #C597A4

square

#BBC597 #97C5B8 #A197C5 #C597A4

split-complementary

#BBC597 #97A4C5 #B897C5

monochromatic

#839151 #A1AF70 #BBC597 #D5DBBE #EEF1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#BBC597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC597

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC597	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.063 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6b5',
    500: '#bbc597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc597;
$custom-light: #cfd6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.043,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80388,
    "c": 0.0631,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC597

secondary

#726799

accent

#3EA755

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC597

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

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