#BBC78B#BBC78B

#BBC78B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.081 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBC78B
RGB	rgb(187, 199, 139)
HSL	hsl(72, 35%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(72, 30%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 30.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -13.98, 28.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 31.96, 115.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0373 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.081 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5770, 53.2760, 32.3033)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBC78B #978BC7

analogous

#C7B58B #BBC78B #9DC78B

triadic

#BBC78B #8BBBC7 #C78BBB

tetradic

#BBC78B #8BC7B5 #978BC7 #C78B9D

square

#BBC78B #8BC7B5 #978BC7 #C78B9D

split-complementary

#BBC78B #8B9DC7 #B58BC7

monochromatic

#829146 #A3B362 #BBC78B #D3DBB4 #EBEFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#BBC78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#BBC78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBC78B

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBC78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBC78B	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC187

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEC18E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C1C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbc78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 199, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.081 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0d8ad',
    500: '#bbc78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbc78b;
$custom-light: #d0d8ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbc78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 34.884,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80572,
    "c": 0.08099,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBC78B

secondary

#695D99

accent

#38AE4F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFBF7

border

#D4D4D0

text

#141410

muted

#838381

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBC78B

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

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