#BBCB97#BBCB97

#BBCB97 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.072 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCB97
RGB	rgb(187, 203, 151)
HSL	hsl(78, 33%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(78, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 25.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.33, -14.32, 24.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.33, 28.12, 120.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.68% -0.0381 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(81.68% 0.072 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4348, 55.5110, 37.4879)
Luminance	0.5551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCB97 #A797CB

analogous

#CBC197 #BBCB97 #A1CB97

triadic

#BBCB97 #97BBCB #CB97BB

tetradic

#BBCB97 #97CBC1 #A797CB #CB97A1

square

#BBCB97 #97CBC1 #A797CB #CB97A1

split-complementary

#BBCB97 #97A1CB #C197CB

monochromatic

#839A4D #A0B76E #BBCB97 #D6DFC0 #F0F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#BBCB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#BBCB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCB97

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCB97	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C594

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC599

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcb97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 203, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.072 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dab6',
    500: '#bbcb97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcb97;
$custom-light: #d0dab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcb97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.462,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81675,
    "c": 0.07207,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCB97

secondary

#7866A0

accent

#39AC5D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141411

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCB97

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

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