#BBC79B#BBC79B

#BBC79B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.061 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC79B
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 155)
HSL	hsl(76, 28%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(76, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 22.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -11.69, 20.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 23.78, 119.44°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.0306 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.061 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8327, 53.7783, 38.9170)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC79B #A79BC7

analogous

#C7BD9B #BBC79B #A5C79B

triadic

#BBC79B #9BBBC7 #C79BBB

tetradic

#BBC79B #9BC7BD #A79BC7 #C79BA5

square

#BBC79B #9BC7BD #A79BC7 #C79BA5

split-complementary

#BBC79B #9BA5C7 #BD9BC7

monochromatic

#839453 #A0B174 #BBC79B #D6DDC2 #F0F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BBC79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC79B

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC79B	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC298

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.061 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8b8',
    500: '#bbc79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc79b;
$custom-light: #cfd8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 28.205,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80903,
    "c": 0.061,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC79B

secondary

#786B9C

accent

#3FA75B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC79B

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

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