#BBC99D#BBC99D

#BBC99D is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.062 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC99D
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(79, 29%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(79, 22%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 21.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -12.41, 20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 23.91, 121.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.0327 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.062 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4653, 54.7724, 39.9633)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC99D #AB9DC9

analogous

#C9C19D #BBC99D #A5C99D

triadic

#BBC99D #9DBBC9 #C99DBB

tetradic

#BBC99D #9DC9C1 #AB9DC9 #C99DA5

square

#BBC99D #9DC9C1 #AB9DC9 #C99DA5

split-complementary

#BBC99D #9DA5C9 #C19DC9

monochromatic

#829854 #A0B376 #BBC99D #D6DFC4 #F1F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#BBC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC99D

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC99D	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)

#CFC49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC39F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.062 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9ba',
    500: '#bbc99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc99d;
$custom-light: #cfd9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.091,
    "s": 28.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81375,
    "c": 0.06151,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC99D

secondary

#7C6C9E

accent

#3EA860

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC99D

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

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