#BBD173#BBD173

#BBD173 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.122 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD173
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(74, 51%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(74, 45%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 45%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.41, -21.88, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.41, 49.13, 116.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.35% -0.0611 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(82.35% 0.122 120)
XYZ	xyz(46.3887, 57.4037, 24.8525)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD173 #8973D1

analogous

#D1B873 #BBD173 #8CD173

triadic

#BBD173 #73BBD1 #D173BB

tetradic

#BBD173 #73D1B8 #8973D1 #D1738C

square

#BBD173 #73D1B8 #8973D1 #D1738C

split-complementary

#BBD173 #738CD1 #B873D1

monochromatic

#809832 #A5C245 #BBD173 #D1E0A1 #E8EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#BBD173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD173

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD173	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)

#DBC86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.122 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1df9d',
    500: '#bbd173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd173;
$custom-light: #d1df9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.043,
    "s": 50.538,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82346,
    "c": 0.1223,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.57404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD173

secondary

#5E4B9D

accent

#28BE4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150E

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD173

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

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