#BBC899#BBC899

#BBC899 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.065 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC899
RGB	rgb(187, 200, 153)
HSL	hsl(77, 30%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(77, 24%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 23.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -12.50, 22.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 25.38, 119.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0329 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.065 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8970, 54.1733, 38.1167)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC899 #A699C8

analogous

#C8BE99 #BBC899 #A4C899

triadic

#BBC899 #99BBC8 #C899BB

tetradic

#BBC899 #99C8BE #A699C8 #C899A4

square

#BBC899 #99C8BE #A699C8 #C899A4

split-complementary

#BBC899 #99A4C8 #BE99C8

monochromatic

#839651 #A0B371 #BBC899 #D6DDC1 #F0F3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BBC899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC899

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC899	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC396

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC3BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 200, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.065 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd8b7',
    500: '#bbc899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc899;
$custom-light: #cfd8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.596,
    "s": 29.936,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81073,
    "c": 0.06503,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC899

secondary

#77699D

accent

#3DA95B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC899

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

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