#BBD161#BBD161

#BBD161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.140 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD161
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(72, 55%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(72, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 53.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -23.64, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 57.41, 114.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.0676 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.14 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4522, 57.0291, 19.9202)
Luminance	0.5703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD161 #7761D1

analogous

#D1AF61 #BBD161 #83D161

triadic

#BBD161 #61BBD1 #D161BB

tetradic

#BBD161 #61D1AF #7761D1 #D16183

square

#BBD161 #61D1AF #7761D1 #D16183

split-complementary

#BBD161 #6183D1 #AF61D1

monochromatic

#7A8E29 #A3BE37 #BBD161 #CFDF90 #E4EDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#BBD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD161

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD161	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.140 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df91',
    500: '#bbd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd161;
$custom-light: #d1df91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.786,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82109,
    "c": 0.14019,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD161

secondary

#524294

accent

#4ADE67

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF4

border

#D4D5CE

text

#14150D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD161

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

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