#BBD17D#BBD17D

#BBD17D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.111 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD17D
RGB	rgb(187, 209, 125)
HSL	hsl(76, 48%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(76, 40%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.5%, 0%, 40.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.54, -20.75, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.54, 44.35, 117.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.5% -0.0572 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(82.5% 0.111 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9956, 57.6465, 28.0491)
Luminance	0.5765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD17D #937DD1

analogous

#D1BD7D #BBD17D #91D17D

triadic

#BBD17D #7DBBD1 #D17DBB

tetradic

#BBD17D #7DD1BD #937DD1 #D17D91

square

#BBD17D #7DD1BD #937DD1 #D17D91

split-complementary

#BBD17D #7D91D1 #BD7DD1

monochromatic

#829C37 #A3C150 #BBD17D #D3E1AA #EAF1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#BBD17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#BBD17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD17D

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD17D	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2C9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 209, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.111 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dfa4',
    500: '#bbd17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd17d;
$custom-light: #d0dfa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.714,
    "s": 47.727,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82498,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD17D

secondary

#6651A2

accent

#2BBB50

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF6

border

#D4D5D0

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD17D

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

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