#BBCC79#BBCC79

#BBCC79 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.109 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC79
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 121)
HSL	hsl(72, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 40.7%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -18.74, 39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 43.63, 115.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0518 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.109 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.5377, 55.1313, 26.3279)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC79 #8A79CC

analogous

#CCB379 #BBCC79 #91CC79

triadic

#BBCC79 #79BBCC #CC79BB

tetradic

#BBCC79 #79CCB3 #8A79CC #CC7991

square

#BBCC79 #79CCB3 #8A79CC #CC7991

split-complementary

#BBCC79 #7991CC #B379CC

monochromatic

#809338 #A5BB4D #BBCC79 #D1DDA5 #E8EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#BBCC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC79

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC79	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C47D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.109 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dba1',
    500: '#bbcc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc79;
$custom-light: #d0dba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.289,
    "s": 44.865,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81341,
    "c": 0.10902,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC79

secondary

#5F5099

accent

#2DB84A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC79

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

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