#BBCD99#BBCD99

#BBCD99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.073 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD99
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(81, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(81, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 25.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -15.04, 23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 28.26, 122.15°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.0401 0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.073 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0740, 56.5273, 38.5090)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD99 #AB99CD

analogous

#CDC599 #BBCD99 #A1CD99

triadic

#BBCD99 #99BBCD #CD99BB

tetradic

#BBCD99 #99CDC5 #AB99CD #CD99A1

square

#BBCD99 #99CDC5 #AB99CD #CD99A1

split-complementary

#BBCD99 #99A1CD #C599CD

monochromatic

#829E4D #A0B970 #BBCD99 #D6E1C2 #F1F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#BBCD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#BBCD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD99

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD99	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFC8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.073 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dcb7',
    500: '#bbcd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd99;
$custom-light: #d0dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82147,
    "c": 0.07263,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD99

secondary

#7C68A2

accent

#38AD61

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD99

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

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