#BBD579#BBD579

#BBD579 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.121 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD579
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(77, 52%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(77, 43%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 43.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.58, -23.17, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.58, 48.41, 118.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% -0.0643 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.121 122)
XYZ	xyz(47.7390, 59.5337, 27.0616)
Luminance	0.5953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD579 #9379D5

analogous

#D5C179 #BBD579 #8DD579

triadic

#BBD579 #79BBD5 #D579BB

tetradic

#BBD579 #79D5C1 #9379D5 #D5798D

square

#BBD579 #79D5C1 #9379D5 #D5798D

split-complementary

#BBD579 #798DD5 #C179D5

monochromatic

#82A132 #A3C64A #BBD579 #D3E4A8 #EAF2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#BBD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.91

#BBD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD579

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD579	1.00	1.63	12.91	12.91
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCB7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2CDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.121 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d1e2a1',
    500: '#bbd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd579;
$custom-light: #d1e2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.957,
    "s": 52.273,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83315,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.59534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD579

secondary

#664DA5

accent

#26C051

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FBFCF5

border

#D4D5CF

text

#14150F

muted

#838480

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD579

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

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