#BBD09B#BBD09B

#BBD09B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.075 H 125.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD09B
RGB	rgb(187, 208, 155)
HSL	hsl(84, 36%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(84, 25%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 25.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -16.26, 24.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 29.02, 124.07°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.0435 0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.075 125.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9650, 58.0429, 39.6278)
Luminance	0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD09B #B09BD0

analogous

#D0CA9B #BBD09B #A0D09B

triadic

#BBD09B #9BBBD0 #D09BBB

tetradic

#BBD09B #9BD0CA #B09BD0 #D09BA0

square

#BBD09B #9BD0CA #B09BD0 #D09BA0

split-complementary

#BBD09B #9BA0D0 #CA9BD0

monochromatic

#81A44D #9FBC71 #BBD09B #D7E4C5 #F1F5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBD09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#BBD09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD09B

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD09B	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C89D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BECBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 208, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.075 125.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0deb8',
    500: '#bbd09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd09b;
$custom-light: #d0deb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.774,
    "s": 36.054,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82836,
    "c": 0.0748,
    "h": 125.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD09B

secondary

#8169A6

accent

#37AF66

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD09B

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

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