#BBC599#BBC599

#BBC599 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.061 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC599
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 153)
HSL	hsl(74, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(74, 22%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 22.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -10.96, 20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 23.67, 117.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0286 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.061 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2090, 52.7974, 37.8874)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC599 #A399C5

analogous

#C5B999 #BBC599 #A5C599

triadic

#BBC599 #99BBC5 #C599BB

tetradic

#BBC599 #99C5B9 #A399C5 #C599A5

square

#BBC599 #99C5B9 #A399C5 #C599A5

split-complementary

#BBC599 #99A5C5 #B999C5

monochromatic

#839153 #A1AF72 #BBC599 #D5DBC0 #EFF1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#BBC599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#BBC599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC599

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC599	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAC09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.061 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6b7',
    500: '#bbc599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc599;
$custom-light: #cfd6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.636,
    "s": 27.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80432,
    "c": 0.06055,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC599

secondary

#746999

accent

#3FA657

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC599

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

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