#BBC697#BBC697

#BBC697 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.065 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC697
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(74, 29%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(74, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 23.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -11.77, 22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 25.26, 117.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0309 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.065 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.2730, 53.1875, 37.1006)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC697 #A297C6

analogous

#C6B997 #BBC697 #A3C697

triadic

#BBC697 #97BBC6 #C697BB

tetradic

#BBC697 #97C6B9 #A297C6 #C697A3

square

#BBC697 #97C6B9 #A297C6 #C697A3

split-complementary

#BBC697 #97A3C6 #B997C6

monochromatic

#839250 #A1B06F #BBC697 #D5DCBF #EFF1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBC697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#BBC697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC697

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC697	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C1B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.065 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd7b5',
    500: '#bbc697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc697;
$custom-light: #cfd7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.043,
    "s": 29.193,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80602,
    "c": 0.06458,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC697

secondary

#73679A

accent

#3EA857

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC697

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

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