#BBD497#BBD497

#BBD497 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.086 H 126.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD497
RGB	rgb(187, 212, 151)
HSL	hsl(85, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(85, 29%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 28.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.78, -18.84, 27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.78, 33.34, 124.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.62% -0.0508 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(83.62% 0.086 126.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6222, 59.8858, 38.2170)
Luminance	0.5989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD497 #B097D4

analogous

#D4CE97 #BBD497 #9CD497

triadic

#BBD497 #97BBD4 #D497BB

tetradic

#BBD497 #97D4CE #B097D4 #D4979C

square

#BBD497 #97D4CE #B097D4 #D4979C

split-complementary

#BBD497 #979CD4 #CE97D4

monochromatic

#81AA46 #9FC26C #BBD497 #D7E6C2 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBD497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#BBD497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD497

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD497	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 212, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.086 126.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1b6',
    500: '#bbd497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd497;
$custom-light: #d0e1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.59,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83621,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 126.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD497

secondary

#8165AA

accent

#31B567

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD497

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

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