#BBCD79#BBCD79

#BBCD79 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.110 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBCD79
RGB	rgb(187, 205, 121)
HSL	hsl(73, 46%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(73, 41%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.8%, 0%, 41%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -19.24, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 44.15, 115.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0532 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.11 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7762, 55.6081, 26.4074)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBCD79 #8B79CD

analogous

#CDB579 #BBCD79 #91CD79

triadic

#BBCD79 #79BBCD #CD79BB

tetradic

#BBCD79 #79CDB5 #8B79CD #CD7991

square

#BBCD79 #79CDB5 #8B79CD #CD7991

split-complementary

#BBCD79 #7991CD #B579CD

monochromatic

#809437 #A4BC4C #BBCD79 #D2DEA6 #E8EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#BBCD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#BBCD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBCD79

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBCD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBCD79	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbcd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 205, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.110 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dca1',
    500: '#bbcd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbcd79;
$custom-light: #d0dca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbcd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.857,
    "s": 45.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81559,
    "c": 0.11039,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBCD79

secondary

#60509B

accent

#2DB94B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBCD79

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

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