#BBD38B#BBD38B

#BBD38B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.098 H 123.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD38B
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 139)
HSL	hsl(80, 45%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(80, 34%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 34.1%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.30, -20.00, 33.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.30, 38.64, 121.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.0543 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.098 123.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4476, 59.0173, 33.2602)
Luminance	0.5902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD38B #A38BD3

analogous

#D3C78B #BBD38B #97D38B

triadic

#BBD38B #8BBBD3 #D38BBB

tetradic

#BBD38B #8BD3C7 #A38BD3 #D38B97

square

#BBD38B #8BD3C7 #A38BD3 #D38B97

split-complementary

#BBD38B #8B97D3 #C78BD3

monochromatic

#83A53F #A1C25F #BBD38B #D5E4B7 #EFF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#BBD38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80

#BBD38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD38B

12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD38B	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CA8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.098 123.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e0ad',
    500: '#bbd38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd38b;
$custom-light: #d0e0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83175,
    "c": 0.09841,
    "h": 123.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD38B

secondary

#7459A9

accent

#2DB85C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF7

border

#D4D5D0

text

#141510

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD38B

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

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