#BBC98A#BBC98A

#BBC98A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.085 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC98A
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 138)
HSL	hsl(73, 37%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(73, 31%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 31.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -15.13, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 33.57, 116.79°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0406 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.085 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9674, 54.1733, 32.0747)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC98A #988AC9

analogous

#C9B88A #BBC98A #9CC98A

triadic

#BBC98A #8ABBC9 #C98ABB

tetradic

#BBC98A #8AC9B8 #988AC9 #C98A9C

square

#BBC98A #8AC9B8 #988AC9 #C98A9C

split-complementary

#BBC98A #8A9CC9 #B88AC9

monochromatic

#829444 #A3B660 #BBC98A #D3DCB4 #ECF0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#BBC98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC98A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC98A	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D1C286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC38D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C2B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.085 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9ac',
    500: '#bbc98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc98a;
$custom-light: #d0d9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80984,
    "c": 0.08507,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC98A

secondary

#6A5C9B

accent

#36B051

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC98A

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

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