#BBC97B#BBC97B

#BBC97B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.103 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC97B
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 123)
HSL	hsl(71, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 39%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 38.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -17.01, 37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 41.07, 114.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0467 0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.103 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.9555, 53.7685, 26.7451)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC97B #897BC9

analogous

#C9B07B #BBC97B #94C97B

triadic

#BBC97B #7BBBC9 #C97BBB

tetradic

#BBC97B #7BC9B0 #897BC9 #C97B94

square

#BBC97B #7BC9B0 #897BC9 #C97B94

split-complementary

#BBC97B #7B94C9 #B07BC9

monochromatic

#808F3B #A5B750 #BBC97B #D1DBA6 #E8EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#BBC97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC97B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC97B	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.103 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9a2',
    500: '#bbc97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc97b;
$custom-light: #d0d9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.769,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80719,
    "c": 0.10269,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC97B

secondary

#5E5296

accent

#30B548

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC97B

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

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