#BBD297#BBD297

#BBD297 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.083 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD297
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 151)
HSL	hsl(83, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(83, 28%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 28.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.23, -17.84, 26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.23, 32.17, 123.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% -0.048 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.083 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1254, 58.8921, 38.0514)
Luminance	0.5889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD297 #AE97D2

analogous

#D2CB97 #BBD297 #9DD297

triadic

#BBD297 #97BBD2 #D297BB

tetradic

#BBD297 #97D2CB #AE97D2 #D2979D

square

#BBD297 #97D2CB #AE97D2 #D2979D

split-complementary

#BBD297 #979DD2 #CB97D2

monochromatic

#82A748 #9FC06C #BBD297 #D7E4C2 #F1F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBD297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#BBD297 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD297

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD297	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.083 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dfb6',
    500: '#bbd297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd297;
$custom-light: #d0dfb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.39,
    "s": 39.597,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83187,
    "c": 0.08272,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD297

secondary

#7F65A8

accent

#33B365

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD297

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

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