#BBC98D#BBC98D

#BBC98D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.081 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC98D
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 141)
HSL	hsl(74, 36%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(74, 30%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 29.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -14.72, 28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 32.05, 117.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0394 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.081 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1876, 54.2613, 33.2344)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC98D #9B8DC9

analogous

#C9B98D #BBC98D #9DC98D

triadic

#BBC98D #8DBBC9 #C98DBB

tetradic

#BBC98D #8DC9B9 #9B8DC9 #C98D9D

square

#BBC98D #8DC9B9 #9B8DC9 #C98D9D

split-complementary

#BBC98D #8D9DC9 #B98DC9

monochromatic

#839547 #A2B563 #BBC98D #D4DDB7 #EDF0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#BBC98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC98D

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC98D	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)

#D1C289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC390

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.081 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9ae',
    500: '#bbc98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc98d;
$custom-light: #d0d9ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74,
    "s": 35.714,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81042,
    "c": 0.08142,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC98D

secondary

#6C5E9C

accent

#37AF53

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC98D

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

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