#BBD498#BBD498

#BBD498 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.085 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD498
RGB	rgb(187, 212, 152)
HSL	hsl(85, 41%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(85, 28%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 28.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -18.70, 27.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 32.85, 124.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0503 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.085 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.7038, 59.9185, 38.6465)
Luminance	0.5992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD498 #B198D4

analogous

#D4CF98 #BBD498 #9DD498

triadic

#BBD498 #98BBD4 #D498BB

tetradic

#BBD498 #98D4CF #B198D4 #D4989D

square

#BBD498 #98D4CF #B198D4 #D4989D

split-complementary

#BBD498 #989DD4 #CF98D4

monochromatic

#81AA47 #9EC26D #BBD498 #D8E6C3 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#BBD498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#BBD498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD498

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD498	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)

#DACC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BECEC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 212, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.085 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e1b6',
    500: '#bbd498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd498;
$custom-light: #d0e1b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 41.096,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83641,
    "c": 0.0846,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD498

secondary

#8266AA

accent

#31B468

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD498

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

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