#BBC79D#BBC79D

#BBC79D is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.058 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC79D
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 157)
HSL	hsl(77, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(77, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 21.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -11.38, 19.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 22.75, 120.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0298 0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.058 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0021, 53.8460, 39.8089)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC79D #A99DC7

analogous

#C7BE9D #BBC79D #A6C79D

triadic

#BBC79D #9DBBC7 #C79DBB

tetradic

#BBC79D #9DC7BE #A99DC7 #C79DA6

square

#BBC79D #9DC7BE #A99DC7 #C79DA6

split-complementary

#BBC79D #9DA6C7 #BE9DC7

monochromatic

#829555 #A0B176 #BBC79D #D6DDC4 #F1F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BBC79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC79D

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC79D	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.058 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8ba',
    500: '#bbc79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc79d;
$custom-light: #cfd8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.143,
    "s": 27.273,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80947,
    "c": 0.05845,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC79D

secondary

#7A6D9C

accent

#40A65D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC79D

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

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