#BBD179#BBD179

#BBD179 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.116 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD179
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(75, 49%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(75, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 42.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -21.22, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 46.27, 117.29°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% -0.0588 0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.116 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7453, 57.5463, 26.7304)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD179 #8F79D1

analogous

#D1BB79 #BBD179 #8FD179

triadic

#BBD179 #79BBD1 #D179BB

tetradic

#BBD179 #79D1BB #8F79D1 #D1798F

square

#BBD179 #79D1BB #8F79D1 #D1798F

split-complementary

#BBD179 #798FD1 #BB79D1

monochromatic

#819B35 #A4C14B #BBD179 #D2E1A7 #E9F0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#BBD179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD179

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD179	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C87D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.116 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dfa1',
    500: '#bbd179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd179;
$custom-light: #d1dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82435,
    "c": 0.11588,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD179

secondary

#634EA0

accent

#29BC4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD179

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

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