#BBC99F#BBC99F

#BBC99F is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.059 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC99F
RGB	rgb(187, 201, 159)
HSL	hsl(80, 28%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(80, 21%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(7%, 0%, 20.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -12.10, 19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 22.89, 121.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0319 0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.059 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.6374, 54.8413, 40.8699)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC99F #AD9FC9

analogous

#C9C29F #BBC99F #A6C99F

triadic

#BBC99F #9FBBC9 #C99FBB

tetradic

#BBC99F #9FC9C2 #AD9FC9 #C99FA6

square

#BBC99F #9FC9C2 #AD9FC9 #C99FA6

split-complementary

#BBC99F #9FA6C9 #C29FC9

monochromatic

#829856 #9FB378 #BBC99F #D7DFC6 #F1F4EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBC99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#BBC99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC99F

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC99F	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC3A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 201, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.059 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfd9bb',
    500: '#bbc99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc99f;
$custom-light: #cfd9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 28,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81419,
    "c": 0.05898,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC99F

secondary

#7E6E9E

accent

#3FA761

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141412

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC99F

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

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