#BBD496#BBD496

#BBD496 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.087 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD496
RGB	rgb(187, 212, 150)
HSL	hsl(84, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(84, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 29.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.76, -18.98, 28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.76, 33.83, 124.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.6% -0.0512 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(83.6% 0.087 126)
XYZ	xyz(49.5413, 59.8535, 37.7911)
Luminance	0.5985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD496 #AF96D4

analogous

#D4CE96 #BBD496 #9CD496

triadic

#BBD496 #96BBD4 #D496BB

tetradic

#BBD496 #96D4CE #AF96D4 #D4969C

square

#BBD496 #96D4CE #AF96D4 #D4969C

split-complementary

#BBD496 #969CD4 #CE96D4

monochromatic

#82AA46 #9FC26B #BBD496 #D7E6C1 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBD496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#BBD496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD496

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD496	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 212, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.087 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1b5',
    500: '#bbd496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd496;
$custom-light: #d0e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.194,
    "s": 41.892,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83601,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.59854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD496

secondary

#8064AA

accent

#31B566

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD496

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

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