#BBC799#BBC799

#BBC799 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.064 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC799
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 153)
HSL	hsl(76, 29%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(76, 23%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 23.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -11.99, 21.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 24.80, 118.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0315 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.064 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6662, 53.7116, 38.0397)
Luminance	0.5371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC799 #A599C7

analogous

#C7BC99 #BBC799 #A4C799

triadic

#BBC799 #99BBC7 #C799BB

tetradic

#BBC799 #99C7BC #A599C7 #C799A4

square

#BBC799 #99C7BC #A599C7 #C799A4

split-complementary

#BBC799 #99A4C7 #BC99C7

monochromatic

#839451 #A1B171 #BBC799 #D5DDC1 #F0F2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#BBC799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC799

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC799	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC296

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.064 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8b7',
    500: '#bbc799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc799;
$custom-light: #cfd8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.652,
    "s": 29.114,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80859,
    "c": 0.06353,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC799

secondary

#76699C

accent

#3EA859

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC799

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

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