#BBC97C#BBC97C

#BBC97C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.102 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC97C
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 124)
HSL	hsl(71, 42%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 38%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 38.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -16.89, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 40.57, 114.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.0463 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.102 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0184, 53.7936, 27.0765)
Luminance	0.5379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC97C #8A7CC9

analogous

#C9B07C #BBC97C #94C97C

triadic

#BBC97C #7CBBC9 #C97CBB

tetradic

#BBC97C #7CC9B0 #8A7CC9 #C97C94

square

#BBC97C #7CC9B0 #8A7CC9 #C97C94

split-complementary

#BBC97C #7C94C9 #B07CC9

monochromatic

#808F3B #A5B751 #BBC97C #D1DBA7 #E8EDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BBC97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC97C

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC97C	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.102 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9a3',
    500: '#bbc97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc97c;
$custom-light: #d0d9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.909,
    "s": 41.622,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80735,
    "c": 0.10155,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC97C

secondary

#5F5397

accent

#31B549

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC97C

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

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