#BBD399#BBD399

#BBD399 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.082 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD399
RGB	rgb(187, 211, 153)
HSL	hsl(85, 40%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(85, 27%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 0%, 27.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -18.05, 26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 31.77, 124.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0485 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.082 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5368, 59.4529, 38.9966)
Luminance	0.5945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD399 #B199D3

analogous

#D3CE99 #BBD399 #9ED399

triadic

#BBD399 #99BBD3 #D399BB

tetradic

#BBD399 #99D3CE #B199D3 #D3999E

square

#BBD399 #99D3CE #B199D3 #D3999E

split-complementary

#BBD399 #999ED3 #CE99D3

monochromatic

#81A949 #9EC16E #BBD399 #D8E5C4 #F1F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBD399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#BBD399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD399

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD399	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6CA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BECEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 211, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.082 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e0b7',
    500: '#bbd399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd399;
$custom-light: #d0e0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.828,
    "s": 39.726,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83444,
    "c": 0.08186,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD399

secondary

#8267A9

accent

#33B368

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD399

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

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