#BBC97E#BBC97E

#BBC97E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.099 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC97E
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 126)
HSL	hsl(71, 41%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(71, 37%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 37.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -16.65, 35.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 39.58, 114.88°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0455 0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.099 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1462, 53.8448, 27.7494)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC97E #8C7EC9

analogous

#C9B27E #BBC97E #96C97E

triadic

#BBC97E #7EBBC9 #C97EBB

tetradic

#BBC97E #7EC9B2 #8C7EC9 #C97E96

square

#BBC97E #7EC9B2 #8C7EC9 #C97E96

split-complementary

#BBC97E #7E96C9 #B27EC9

monochromatic

#81903C #A4B753 #BBC97E #D2DBA9 #E8EDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#BBC97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC97E

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC97E	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.099 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9a4',
    500: '#bbc97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc97e;
$custom-light: #d0d9a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.2,
    "s": 40.984,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80769,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC97E

secondary

#605497

accent

#31B44A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF6

border

#D4D4D0

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC97E

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

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