#BBC96D#BBC96D

#BBC96D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.118 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC96D
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 109)
HSL	hsl(69, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 46%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 45.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -18.56, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 47.88, 112.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0522 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.118 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1409, 53.4427, 22.4551)
Luminance	0.5344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC96D #7B6DC9

analogous

#C9A96D #BBC96D #8DC96D

triadic

#BBC96D #6DBBC9 #C96DBB

tetradic

#BBC96D #6DC9A9 #7B6DC9 #C96D8D

square

#BBC96D #6DC9A9 #7B6DC9 #C96D8D

split-complementary

#BBC96D #6D8DC9 #A96DC9

monochromatic

#7C8933 #A4B643 #BBC96D #D0DA9A #E5EAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBC96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BBC96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC96D

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC96D	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C272

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.118 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d999',
    500: '#bbc96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc96d;
$custom-light: #d1d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.13,
    "s": 46,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80504,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC96D

secondary

#554A90

accent

#2CB942

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC96D

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

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