#BBD172#BBD172

#BBD172 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.123 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD172
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(74, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 45.5%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -21.98, 44.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 49.60, 116.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% -0.0615 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.123 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3315, 57.3808, 24.5511)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD172 #8872D1

analogous

#D1B772 #BBD172 #8BD172

triadic

#BBD172 #72BBD1 #D172BB

tetradic

#BBD172 #72D1B7 #8872D1 #D1728B

square

#BBD172 #72D1B7 #8872D1 #D1728B

split-complementary

#BBD172 #728BD1 #B772D1

monochromatic

#809731 #A5C244 #BBD172 #D1E0A0 #E8EFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#BBD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD172

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD172	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC86A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.123 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df9c',
    500: '#bbd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd172;
$custom-light: #d1df9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.895,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82331,
    "c": 0.12335,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD172

secondary

#5E4A9D

accent

#27BE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD172

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

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