#BBCF99#BBCF99

#BBCF99 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.076 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCF99
RGB	rgb(187, 207, 153)
HSL	hsl(82, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(82, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.7%, 0%, 26.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -16.05, 24.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 29.43, 123.05°)
OKLab	oklab(82.58% -0.0429 0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(82.58% 0.076 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.5554, 57.4902, 38.6695)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCF99 #AD99CF

analogous

#CFC899 #BBCF99 #A0CF99

triadic

#BBCF99 #99BBCF #CF99BB

tetradic

#BBCF99 #99CFC8 #AD99CF #CF99A0

square

#BBCF99 #99CFC8 #AD99CF #CF99A0

split-complementary

#BBCF99 #99A0CF #C899CF

monochromatic

#82A24C #9FBB6F #BBCF99 #D7E3C3 #F1F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBCF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#BBCF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCF99

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCF99	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 207, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.076 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0ddb7',
    500: '#bbcf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcf99;
$custom-light: #d0ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.222,
    "s": 36,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82578,
    "c": 0.0757,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCF99

secondary

#7E68A5

accent

#37AF63

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCF99

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

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