#BBCC9D#BBCC9D

#BBCC9D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.066 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC9D
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 157)
HSL	hsl(82, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(82, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 23%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -13.94, 21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 25.67, 122.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.037 0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.066 124)
XYZ	xyz(48.1714, 56.1847, 40.1987)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC9D #AE9DCC

analogous

#CCC59D #BBCC9D #A3CC9D

triadic

#BBCC9D #9DBBCC #CC9DBB

tetradic

#BBCC9D #9DCCC5 #AE9DCC #CC9DA3

square

#BBCC9D #9DCCC5 #AE9DCC #CC9DA3

split-complementary

#BBCC9D #9DA3CC #C59DCC

monochromatic

#829D52 #9FB775 #BBCC9D #D7E1C5 #F1F5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#BBCC9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#BBCC9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC9D

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC9D	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC59F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEC7BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.066 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfdbba',
    500: '#bbcc9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc9d;
$custom-light: #cfdbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.702,
    "s": 31.544,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82018,
    "c": 0.06614,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.56185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC9D

secondary

#7F6CA1

accent

#3BAA63

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF8

border

#D4D4D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC9D

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

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