#BBC99E#BBC99E

#BBC99E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.060 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC99E
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 158)
HSL	hsl(80, 28%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(80, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 21.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -12.25, 19.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 23.40, 121.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.0323 0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.06 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5510, 54.8067, 40.4148)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC99E #AC9EC9

analogous

#C9C19E #BBC99E #A5C99E

triadic

#BBC99E #9EBBC9 #C99EBB

tetradic

#BBC99E #9EC9C1 #AC9EC9 #C99EA5

square

#BBC99E #9EC9C1 #AC9EC9 #C99EA5

split-complementary

#BBC99E #9EA5C9 #C19EC9

monochromatic

#829855 #9FB377 #BBC99E #D7DFC5 #F1F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBC99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#BBC99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC99E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC99E	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC4BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.060 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9ba',
    500: '#bbc99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc99e;
$custom-light: #cfd9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.535,
    "s": 28.477,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81397,
    "c": 0.06024,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC99E

secondary

#7D6D9E

accent

#3EA760

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC99E

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

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