#BBCD96#BBCD96

#BBCD96 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.076 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD96
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 150)
HSL	hsl(80, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(80, 27%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 26.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -15.48, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 29.77, 121.33°)
OKLab	oklab(82.09% -0.0413 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(82.09% 0.076 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8293, 56.4294, 37.2205)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD96 #A896CD

analogous

#CDC496 #BBCD96 #A0CD96

triadic

#BBCD96 #96BBCD #CD96BB

tetradic

#BBCD96 #96CDC4 #A896CD #CD96A0

square

#BBCD96 #96CDC4 #A896CD #CD96A0

split-complementary

#BBCD96 #96A0CD #C496CD

monochromatic

#839E4B #A0B96D #BBCD96 #D6E1BF #F1F4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBCD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#BBCD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD96

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD96	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.076 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dcb5',
    500: '#bbcd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd96;
$custom-light: #d0dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.636,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82085,
    "c": 0.07632,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD96

secondary

#7965A2

accent

#37AE5E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD96

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

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