#BBC997#BBC997

#BBC997 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.069 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC997
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(77, 32%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(77, 25%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 24.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -13.31, 23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 26.97, 119.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0352 0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.069 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.9655, 54.5725, 37.3315)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC997 #A597C9

analogous

#C9BE97 #BBC997 #A2C997

triadic

#BBC997 #97BBC9 #C997BB

tetradic

#BBC997 #97C9BE #A597C9 #C997A2

square

#BBC997 #97C9BE #A597C9 #C997A2

split-complementary

#BBC997 #97A2C9 #BE97C9

monochromatic

#83974E #A1B46F #BBC997 #D5DEBF #F0F3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#BBC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC997

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC997	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC394

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC399

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.069 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d9b6',
    500: '#bbc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc997;
$custom-light: #d0d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.8,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81245,
    "c": 0.06905,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC997

secondary

#76669E

accent

#3BAA5A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC997

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

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