#BBC59E#BBC59E

#BBC59E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.054 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC59E
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(75, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(75, 20%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 19.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -10.20, 18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 21.08, 118.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0265 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.054 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6307, 52.9660, 40.1080)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC59E #A89EC5

analogous

#C5BC9E #BBC59E #A8C59E

triadic

#BBC59E #9EBBC5 #C59EBB

tetradic

#BBC59E #9EC5BC #A89EC5 #C59EA8

square

#BBC59E #9EC5BC #A89EC5 #C59EA8

split-complementary

#BBC59E #9EA8C5 #BC9EC5

monochromatic

#839257 #A0AE78 #BBC59E #D6DCC4 #F1F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#BBC59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC59E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC59E	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC09C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.054 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6ba',
    500: '#bbc59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc59e;
$custom-light: #cfd6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.385,
    "s": 25.161,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80544,
    "c": 0.05413,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC59E

secondary

#796E99

accent

#42A45B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC59E

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

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