#BBCD97#BBCD97

#BBCD97 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.075 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD97
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 151)
HSL	hsl(80, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(80, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 26.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -15.33, 24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 29.27, 121.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.0409 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.075 123)
XYZ	xyz(47.9102, 56.4617, 37.6463)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD97 #A997CD

analogous

#CDC497 #BBCD97 #A0CD97

triadic

#BBCD97 #97BBCD #CD97BB

tetradic

#BBCD97 #97CDC4 #A997CD #CD97A0

square

#BBCD97 #97CDC4 #A997CD #CD97A0

split-complementary

#BBCD97 #97A0CD #C497CD

monochromatic

#829E4C #A0B96E #BBCD97 #D6E1C0 #F1F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBCD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#BBCD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD97

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD97	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)

#D3C694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.075 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dcb6',
    500: '#bbcd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd97;
$custom-light: #d0dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82105,
    "c": 0.0751,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.56462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD97

secondary

#7A66A2

accent

#38AE5F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD97

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

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