#BBCC78#BBCC78

#BBCC78 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.110 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCC78
RGB	rgb(187, 204, 120)
HSL	hsl(72, 45%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(72, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.3%, 0%, 41.2%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -18.86, 39.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 44.11, 115.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0522 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.11 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.4767, 55.1069, 26.0066)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCC78 #8978CC

analogous

#CCB378 #BBCC78 #91CC78

triadic

#BBCC78 #78BBCC #CC78BB

tetradic

#BBCC78 #78CCB3 #8978CC #CC7891

square

#BBCC78 #78CCB3 #8978CC #CC7891

split-complementary

#BBCC78 #7891CC #B378CC

monochromatic

#809237 #A5BB4C #BBCC78 #D1DDA4 #E8EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#BBCC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#BBCC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCC78

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCC78	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C47C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 204, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.110 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dba0',
    500: '#bbcc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcc78;
$custom-light: #d0dba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.143,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81325,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCC78

secondary

#5E4F99

accent

#2DB849

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFBF5

border

#D4D4CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCC78

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

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