#BBC96F#BBC96F

#BBC96F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.116 H 116.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BBC96F
RGBrgb(187, 201, 111)
HSLhsl(69, 45%, 61%)
HSVhsv(69, 45%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(7%, 0%, 44.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(78.16, -18.35, 43.19)
CIE-LCHlch(78.16, 46.92, 113.02°)
OKLaboklab(80.53% -0.0514 0.1039)
OKLCHoklch(80.53% 0.116 116.3)
XYZxyz(44.2498, 53.4862, 23.0286)
Luminance0.5349 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BBC96F #7D6FC9
analogous
#C9AA6F #BBC96F #8EC96F
triadic
#BBC96F #6FBBC9 #C96FBB
tetradic
#BBC96F #6FC9AA #7D6FC9 #C96F8E
square
#BBC96F #6FC9AA #7D6FC9 #C96F8E
split-complementary
#BBC96F #6F8EC9 #AA6FC9
monochromatic
#7C8A34 #A5B644 #BBC96F #D0DA9C #E5EAC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#BBC96F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70
#BBC96F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC96F
11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BBC96F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##BBC96F1.001.8011.7011.70
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.7021.001.001.00
##00000011.7021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4C168
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3C274
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C4C0B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bbc96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.116 116.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1d99a',
    500: '#bbc96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bbc96f;
$custom-light: #d1d99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bbc96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80533,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 116.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BBC96F
secondary
#564B91
accent
#2DB943
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FBFBF5
border
#D4D4CF
text
#14140E
muted
#83837F

Preview Lab

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#BBC96F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva