#BBC99B#BBC99B

#BBC99B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.064 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC99B
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 155)
HSL	hsl(78, 30%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(78, 23%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 22.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -12.71, 21.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 24.93, 120.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0335 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.064 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2959, 54.7047, 39.0714)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC99B #A99BC9

analogous

#C9C09B #BBC99B #A4C99B

triadic

#BBC99B #9BBBC9 #C99BBB

tetradic

#BBC99B #9BC9C0 #A99BC9 #C99BA4

square

#BBC99B #9BC9C0 #A99BC9 #C99BA4

split-complementary

#BBC99B #9BA4C9 #C09BC9

monochromatic

#829852 #A0B473 #BBC99B #D6DEC3 #F1F4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#BBC99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC99B

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC99B	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.064 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9b8',
    500: '#bbc99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc99b;
$custom-light: #cfd9b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.261,
    "s": 29.87,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81331,
    "c": 0.06403,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC99B

secondary

#7A6A9E

accent

#3DA95E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC99B

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

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