#BBD397#BBD397

#BBD397 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.084 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD397
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 151)
HSL	hsl(84, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(84, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 28.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -18.34, 27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 32.75, 124.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0494 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.084 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3730, 59.3874, 38.1340)
Luminance	0.5939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD397 #AF97D3

analogous

#D3CD97 #BBD397 #9DD397

triadic

#BBD397 #97BBD3 #D397BB

tetradic

#BBD397 #97D3CD #AF97D3 #D3979D

square

#BBD397 #97D3CD #AF97D3 #D3979D

split-complementary

#BBD397 #979DD3 #CD97D3

monochromatic

#82A847 #9FC16C #BBD397 #D7E5C2 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBD397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#BBD397 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD397

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD397	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.084 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e0b6',
    500: '#bbd397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd397;
$custom-light: #d0e0b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83404,
    "c": 0.08425,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD397

secondary

#8065A9

accent

#32B466

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD397

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

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