#BBC79E#BBC79E

#BBC79E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.057 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC79E
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 158)
HSL	hsl(78, 27%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 21%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 20.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -11.23, 19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 22.24, 120.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.0294 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.057 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.0878, 53.8803, 40.2604)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC79E #AA9EC7

analogous

#C7BE9E #BBC79E #A7C79E

triadic

#BBC79E #9EBBC7 #C79EBB

tetradic

#BBC79E #9EC7BE #AA9EC7 #C79EA7

square

#BBC79E #9EC7BE #AA9EC7 #C79EA7

split-complementary

#BBC79E #9EA7C7 #BE9EC7

monochromatic

#829556 #A0B177 #BBC79E #D6DDC5 #F1F4EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC79E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#BBC79E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC79E

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC79E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC79E	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC2A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc79e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.057 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8ba',
    500: '#bbc79e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc79e;
$custom-light: #cfd8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc79e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.561,
    "s": 26.797,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8097,
    "c": 0.05717,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC79E

secondary

#7B6E9C

accent

#40A55E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC79E

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

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