#BBC989#BBC989

#BBC989 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.086 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC989
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 137)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(73, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 31.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -15.26, 30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 34.07, 116.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.041 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.086 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8954, 54.1444, 31.6952)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC989 #9789C9

analogous

#C9B789 #BBC989 #9BC989

triadic

#BBC989 #89BBC9 #C989BB

tetradic

#BBC989 #89C9B7 #9789C9 #C9899B

square

#BBC989 #89C9B7 #9789C9 #C9899B

split-complementary

#BBC989 #899BC9 #B789C9

monochromatic

#829444 #A3B65F #BBC989 #D3DCB3 #EBEFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#BBC989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BBC989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC989

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC989	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C285

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C38C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.086 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9ac',
    500: '#bbc989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc989;
$custom-light: #d0d9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.125,
    "s": 37.209,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80965,
    "c": 0.08627,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC989

secondary

#695B9B

accent

#35B050

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC989

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

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