#BBD16D#BBD16D

#BBD16D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.129 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD16D
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(73, 52%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(73, 48%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 47.8%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -22.50, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 51.94, 115.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0633 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.129 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.0546, 57.2700, 23.0930)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD16D #836DD1

analogous

#D1B56D #BBD16D #89D16D

triadic

#BBD16D #6DBBD1 #D16DBB

tetradic

#BBD16D #6DD1B5 #836DD1 #D16D89

square

#BBD16D #6DD1B5 #836DD1 #D16D89

split-complementary

#BBD16D #6D89D1 #B56DD1

monochromatic

#7E952F #A5C23E #BBD16D #D1E09C #E6EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#BBD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#BBD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD16D

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD16D	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)

#DCC764

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C8BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.129 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df99',
    500: '#bbd16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd16d;
$custom-light: #d1df99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.2,
    "s": 52.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82261,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD16D

secondary

#5A489A

accent

#26BF48

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD16D

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

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