#BBD099#BBD099

#BBD099 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.077 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD099
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 153)
HSL	hsl(83, 37%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(83, 26%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 26.4%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -16.55, 25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 30.01, 123.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0443 0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.077 125)
XYZ	xyz(48.7985, 57.9763, 38.7505)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD099 #AE99D0

analogous

#D0C999 #BBD099 #9FD099

triadic

#BBD099 #99BBD0 #D099BB

tetradic

#BBD099 #99D0C9 #AE99D0 #D0999F

square

#BBD099 #99D0C9 #AE99D0 #D0999F

split-complementary

#BBD099 #999FD0 #C999D0

monochromatic

#82A34B #9FBD6F #BBD099 #D7E3C3 #F1F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBD099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#BBD099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD099

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD099	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCBC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.077 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0deb7',
    500: '#bbd099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd099;
$custom-light: #d0deb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.909,
    "s": 36.913,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82795,
    "c": 0.07724,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.57976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD099

secondary

#7F67A6

accent

#36B064

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD099

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

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