#BBC98F#BBC98F

#BBC98F is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.079 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC98F
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 143)
HSL	hsl(74, 35%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(74, 29%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 28.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -14.45, 27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 31.04, 117.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0385 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.079 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3378, 54.3214, 34.0252)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC98F #9D8FC9

analogous

#C9BA8F #BBC98F #9EC98F

triadic

#BBC98F #8FBBC9 #C98FBB

tetradic

#BBC98F #8FC9BA #9D8FC9 #C98F9E

square

#BBC98F #8FC9BA #9D8FC9 #C98F9E

split-complementary

#BBC98F #8F9EC9 #BA8FC9

monochromatic

#839648 #A2B566 #BBC98F #D4DDB8 #EDF1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#BBC98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#BBC98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC98F

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC98F	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)

#D1C38B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC392

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0C3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.079 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9b0',
    500: '#bbc98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc98f;
$custom-light: #d0d9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.483,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81081,
    "c": 0.07897,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC98F

secondary

#6E5F9D

accent

#38AE54

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC98F

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

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