#BBC98C#BBC98C

#BBC98C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.083 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC98C
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 140)
HSL	hsl(74, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(74, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 30.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -14.86, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 32.55, 117.15°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.0398 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.083 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1136, 54.2317, 32.8443)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC98C #9A8CC9

analogous

#C9B98C #BBC98C #9DC98C

triadic

#BBC98C #8CBBC9 #C98CBB

tetradic

#BBC98C #8CC9B9 #9A8CC9 #C98C9D

square

#BBC98C #8CC9B9 #9A8CC9 #C98C9D

split-complementary

#BBC98C #8C9DC9 #B98CC9

monochromatic

#839546 #A2B562 #BBC98C #D4DDB6 #ECF0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BBC98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC98C

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC98C	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC38F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.083 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9ae',
    500: '#bbc98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc98c;
$custom-light: #d0d9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.77,
    "s": 36.095,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81022,
    "c": 0.08264,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC98C

secondary

#6C5D9C

accent

#37AF52

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC98C

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

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