#BBC97D#BBC97D

#BBC97D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.100 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC97D
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 125)
HSL	hsl(71, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 38%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 37.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, -16.77, 36.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 40.08, 114.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0459 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.1 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.0820, 53.8191, 27.4112)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC97D #8B7DC9

analogous

#C9B17D #BBC97D #95C97D

triadic

#BBC97D #7DBBC9 #C97DBB

tetradic

#BBC97D #7DC9B1 #8B7DC9 #C97D95

square

#BBC97D #7DC9B1 #8B7DC9 #C97D95

split-complementary

#BBC97D #7D95C9 #B17DC9

monochromatic

#80903C #A4B752 #BBC97D #D2DBA8 #E8EDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#BBC97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#BBC97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC97D

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC97D	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)

#D3C277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.100 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9a3',
    500: '#bbc97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc97d;
$custom-light: #d0d9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.053,
    "s": 41.304,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80752,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC97D

secondary

#605397

accent

#31B449

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC97D

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

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