#BBC99A#BBC99A

#BBC99A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.065 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC99A
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 154)
HSL	hsl(78, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 23.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -12.86, 21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 25.44, 120.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.31% -0.0339 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(81.31% 0.065 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.2123, 54.6712, 38.6309)
Luminance	0.5467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC99A #A89AC9

analogous

#C9C09A #BBC99A #A4C99A

triadic

#BBC99A #9ABBC9 #C99ABB

tetradic

#BBC99A #9AC9C0 #A89AC9 #C99AA4

square

#BBC99A #9AC9C0 #A89AC9 #C99AA4

split-complementary

#BBC99A #9AA4C9 #C09AC9

monochromatic

#839851 #A0B472 #BBC99A #D6DEC2 #F1F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#BBC99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC99A

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC99A	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.065 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9b8',
    500: '#bbc99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc99a;
$custom-light: #cfd9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.872,
    "s": 30.323,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81309,
    "c": 0.06529,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC99A

secondary

#79699E

accent

#3CA95D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC99A

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

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