#BBC79C#BBC79C

#BBC79C is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.060 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC79C
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 156)
HSL	hsl(77, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(77, 22%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 21.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -11.53, 20.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 23.26, 119.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0302 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.06 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9171, 53.8120, 39.3611)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC79C #A89CC7

analogous

#C7BE9C #BBC79C #A6C79C

triadic

#BBC79C #9CBBC7 #C79CBB

tetradic

#BBC79C #9CC7BE #A89CC7 #C79CA6

square

#BBC79C #9CC7BE #A89CC7 #C79CA6

split-complementary

#BBC79C #9CA6C7 #BE9CC7

monochromatic

#839554 #A0B175 #BBC79C #D6DDC3 #F1F3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BBC79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC79C

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC79C	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)

#CDC299

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.060 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8b9',
    500: '#bbc79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc79c;
$custom-light: #cfd8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.744,
    "s": 27.742,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80925,
    "c": 0.05973,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC79C

secondary

#796C9C

accent

#3FA65C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC79C

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

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