#BBC59F#BBC59F

#BBC59F is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.053 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC59F
RGB	rgb(187, 197, 159)
HSL	hsl(76, 25%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(76, 19%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 19.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -10.04, 17.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 20.56, 119.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0261 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.053 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7171, 53.0006, 40.5632)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC59F #A99FC5

analogous

#C5BC9F #BBC59F #A8C59F

triadic

#BBC59F #9FBBC5 #C59FBB

tetradic

#BBC59F #9FC5BC #A99FC5 #C59FA8

square

#BBC59F #9FC5BC #A99FC5 #C59FA8

split-complementary

#BBC59F #9FA8C5 #BC9FC5

monochromatic

#829258 #A0AE79 #BBC59F #D6DCC5 #F1F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC59F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#BBC59F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC59F

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC59F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC59F	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9C1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc59f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 197, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.053 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd6bb',
    500: '#bbc59f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc59f;
$custom-light: #cfd6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc59f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.789,
    "s": 24.675,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80566,
    "c": 0.05284,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC59F

secondary

#7A6F99

accent

#42A35C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC59F

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

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