#BBD299#BBD299

#BBD299 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.080 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD299
RGB	rgb(187, 210, 153)
HSL	hsl(84, 39%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(84, 27%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 27.1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.27, -17.55, 25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.27, 31.18, 124.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.0471 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.08 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.2892, 58.9576, 38.9141)
Luminance	0.5896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD299 #B099D2

analogous

#D2CC99 #BBD299 #9ED299

triadic

#BBD299 #99BBD2 #D299BB

tetradic

#BBD299 #99D2CC #B099D2 #D2999E

square

#BBD299 #99D2CC #B099D2 #D2999E

split-complementary

#BBD299 #999ED2 #CC99D2

monochromatic

#81A74A #9FBF6F #BBD299 #D7E5C3 #F1F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBD299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.79

#BBD299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD299

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD299	1.00	1.64	12.79	12.79
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5CA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BECDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 210, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.080 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0dfb7',
    500: '#bbd299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd299;
$custom-light: #d0dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.211,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83227,
    "c": 0.08032,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD299

secondary

#8167A8

accent

#34B267

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD299

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

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