#BBC98E#BBC98E

#BBC98E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.080 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC98E
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 142)
HSL	hsl(74, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(74, 29%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 29.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.63, -14.58, 27.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.63, 31.54, 117.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.039 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.08 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2624, 54.2912, 33.6280)
Luminance	0.5429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC98E #9C8EC9

analogous

#C9B98E #BBC98E #9EC98E

triadic

#BBC98E #8EBBC9 #C98EBB

tetradic

#BBC98E #8EC9B9 #9C8EC9 #C98E9E

square

#BBC98E #8EC9B9 #9C8EC9 #C98E9E

split-complementary

#BBC98E #8E9EC9 #B98EC9

monochromatic

#839547 #A2B565 #BBC98E #D4DDB7 #EDF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC98E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#BBC98E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC98E

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC98E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC98E	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C38A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC391

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc98e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.080 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9af',
    500: '#bbc98e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc98e;
$custom-light: #d0d9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc98e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.237,
    "s": 35.329,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81061,
    "c": 0.0802,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC98E

secondary

#6D5F9D

accent

#37AE54

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC98E

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

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