#BBC696#BBC696

#BBC696 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.066 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC696
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(74, 30%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(74, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 24.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -11.92, 22.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 25.78, 117.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0313 0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.066 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1922, 53.1551, 36.6747)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC696 #A196C6

analogous

#C6B996 #BBC696 #A3C696

triadic

#BBC696 #96BBC6 #C696BB

tetradic

#BBC696 #96C6B9 #A196C6 #C696A3

square

#BBC696 #96C6B9 #A196C6 #C696A3

split-complementary

#BBC696 #96A3C6 #B996C6

monochromatic

#83924F #A1B06E #BBC696 #D5DCBE #EEF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#BBC696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#BBC696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC696

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC696	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC193

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.066 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd7b5',
    500: '#bbc696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc696;
$custom-light: #cfd7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.75,
    "s": 29.63,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8058,
    "c": 0.06585,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC696

secondary

#72669A

accent

#3DA856

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC696

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

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