#BBD596#BBD596

#BBD596 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.088 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD596
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(85, 43%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(85, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, -19.48, 28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 34.41, 124.48°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.0526 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.089 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7921, 60.3550, 37.8747)
Luminance	0.6036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD596 #B096D5

analogous

#D5CF96 #BBD596 #9BD596

triadic

#BBD596 #96BBD5 #D596BB

tetradic

#BBD596 #96D5CF #B096D5 #D5969B

square

#BBD596 #96D5CF #B096D5 #D5969B

split-complementary

#BBD596 #969BD5 #CF96D5

monochromatic

#81AC45 #9FC46A #BBD596 #D7E6C2 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#BBD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD596

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD596	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BFCFC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.088 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b5',
    500: '#bbd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd596;
$custom-light: #d0e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.762,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83818,
    "c": 0.0885,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD596

secondary

#8164AB

accent

#30B667

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD596

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

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