#BBC96E#BBC96E

#BBC96E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.117 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC96E
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 110)
HSL	hsl(69, 46%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(69, 45%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 45.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -18.45, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 47.40, 112.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0518 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.117 116.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1951, 53.4643, 22.7403)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC96E #7C6EC9

analogous

#C9A96E #BBC96E #8DC96E

triadic

#BBC96E #6EBBC9 #C96EBB

tetradic

#BBC96E #6EC9A9 #7C6EC9 #C96E8D

square

#BBC96E #6EC9A9 #7C6EC9 #C96E8D

split-complementary

#BBC96E #6E8DC9 #A96EC9

monochromatic

#7C8933 #A4B644 #BBC96E #D0DA9B #E5EAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBC96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#BBC96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC96E

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC96E	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)

#D4C166

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.117 116.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d999',
    500: '#bbc96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc96e;
$custom-light: #d1d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 45.729,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80518,
    "c": 0.11699,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC96E

secondary

#554B91

accent

#2DB942

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140E

muted

#83837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC96E

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

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