#BBC96B#BBC96B

#BBC96B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.120 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC96B
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 107)
HSL	hsl(69, 47%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(69, 47%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 46.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -18.76, 45.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 48.83, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0529 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.12 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.0345, 53.4001, 21.8946)
Luminance	0.5340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC96B #796BC9

analogous

#C9A86B #BBC96B #8CC96B

triadic

#BBC96B #6BBBC9 #C96BBB

tetradic

#BBC96B #6BC9A8 #796BC9 #C96B8C

square

#BBC96B #6BC9A8 #796BC9 #C96B8C

split-complementary

#BBC96B #6B8CC9 #A86BC9

monochromatic

#7B8832 #A4B542 #BBC96B #D0D998 #E4EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBC96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#BBC96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC96B

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC96B	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C163

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.120 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d997',
    500: '#bbc96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc96b;
$custom-light: #d1d997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.936,
    "s": 46.535,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80476,
    "c": 0.12014,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC96B

secondary

#53498F

accent

#2CBA41

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC96B

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

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