#BBD279#BBD279

#BBD279 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.117 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD279
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 121)
HSL	hsl(76, 50%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(76, 42%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 42.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -21.71, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 46.81, 117.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.66% -0.0602 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(82.66% 0.117 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.9914, 58.0385, 26.8124)
Luminance	0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD279 #9079D2

analogous

#D2BD79 #BBD279 #8ED279

triadic

#BBD279 #79BBD2 #D279BB

tetradic

#BBD279 #79D2BD #9079D2 #D2798E

square

#BBD279 #79D2BD #9079D2 #D2798E

split-complementary

#BBD279 #798ED2 #BD79D2

monochromatic

#819C34 #A4C34B #BBD279 #D2E1A7 #E9F1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#BBD279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#BBD279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD279

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD279	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C97E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.117 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1dfa1',
    500: '#bbd279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd279;
$custom-light: #d1dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.506,
    "s": 49.721,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82655,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD279

secondary

#634EA1

accent

#28BD4F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD279

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

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