#BBD16B#BBD16B

#BBD16B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.131 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD16B
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(73, 53%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 49%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 48.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -22.70, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 52.87, 115.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.23% -0.0641 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(82.23% 0.131 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9482, 57.2275, 22.5325)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD16B #816BD1

analogous

#D1B46B #BBD16B #88D16B

triadic

#BBD16B #6BBBD1 #D16BBB

tetradic

#BBD16B #6BD1B4 #816BD1 #D16B88

square

#BBD16B #6BD1B4 #816BD1 #D16B88

split-complementary

#BBD16B #6B88D1 #B46BD1

monochromatic

#7E942E #A5C23C #BBD16B #D0E09A #E6EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBD16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BBD16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD16B

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD16B	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.131 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df98',
    500: '#bbd16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd16b;
$custom-light: #d1df98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.941,
    "s": 52.577,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82234,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD16B

secondary

#594799

accent

#26C047

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD16B

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

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