#BBCB79#BBCB79

#BBCB79 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.108 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB79
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 121)
HSL	hsl(72, 44%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 40%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 40.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -18.24, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 43.10, 115.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.12% -0.0504 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(81.12% 0.108 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.3008, 54.6574, 26.2489)
Luminance	0.5466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB79 #8979CB

analogous

#CBB279 #BBCB79 #92CB79

triadic

#BBCB79 #79BBCB #CB79BB

tetradic

#BBCB79 #79CBB2 #8979CB #CB7992

square

#BBCB79 #79CBB2 #8979CB #CB7992

split-complementary

#BBCB79 #7992CB #B279CB

monochromatic

#809138 #A5BA4D #BBCB79 #D1DCA5 #E8EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#BBCB79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#BBCB79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB79

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB79	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.108 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0daa1',
    500: '#bbcb79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb79;
$custom-light: #d0daa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.707,
    "s": 44.086,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81122,
    "c": 0.10767,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB79

secondary

#5E5098

accent

#2EB749

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14140F

muted

#838380

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB79

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

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