#BBC699#BBC699

#BBC699 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.062 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC699
RGB	rgb(187, 198, 153)
HSL	hsl(75, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(75, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 22.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -11.47, 21.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 24.23, 118.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.03 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.062 119)
XYZ	xyz(46.4368, 53.2530, 37.9633)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC699 #A499C6

analogous

#C6BB99 #BBC699 #A5C699

triadic

#BBC699 #99BBC6 #C699BB

tetradic

#BBC699 #99C6BB #A499C6 #C699A5

square

#BBC699 #99C6BB #A499C6 #C699A5

split-complementary

#BBC699 #99A5C6 #BB99C6

monochromatic

#839352 #A1B072 #BBC699 #D5DCC0 #EFF2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBC699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#BBC699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC699

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC699	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC19B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 198, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.062 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd7b7',
    500: '#bbc699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc699;
$custom-light: #cfd7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.667,
    "s": 28.302,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80645,
    "c": 0.06204,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.53253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC699

secondary

#75699A

accent

#3FA758

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC699

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

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