#BBC99C#BBC99C

#BBC99C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.063 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC99C
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 156)
HSL	hsl(79, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(79, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 22.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -12.56, 20.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 24.42, 120.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0331 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.063 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3802, 54.7384, 39.5155)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC99C #AA9CC9

analogous

#C9C19C #BBC99C #A4C99C

triadic

#BBC99C #9CBBC9 #C99CBB

tetradic

#BBC99C #9CC9C1 #AA9CC9 #C99CA4

square

#BBC99C #9CC9C1 #AA9CC9 #C99CA4

split-complementary

#BBC99C #9CA4C9 #C19CC9

monochromatic

#829853 #A0B374 #BBC99C #D6DFC4 #F1F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#BBC99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC99C

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC99C	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.063 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9b9',
    500: '#bbc99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc99c;
$custom-light: #cfd9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.667,
    "s": 29.412,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81352,
    "c": 0.06277,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC99C

secondary

#7B6B9E

accent

#3DA85F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC99C

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

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