#BBD597#BBD597

#BBD597 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.087 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD597
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 151)
HSL	hsl(85, 42%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(85, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 29.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, -19.34, 27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 33.92, 124.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0522 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.087 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.8730, 60.3873, 38.3006)
Luminance	0.6039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD597 #B197D5

analogous

#D5D097 #BBD597 #9CD597

triadic

#BBD597 #97BBD5 #D597BB

tetradic

#BBD597 #97D5D0 #B197D5 #D5979C

square

#BBD597 #97D5D0 #B197D5 #D5979C

split-complementary

#BBD597 #979CD5 #D097D5

monochromatic

#81AC46 #9EC36B #BBD597 #D8E7C3 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#BBD597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#BBD597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD597

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD597	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BECFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.087 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b6',
    500: '#bbd597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd597;
$custom-light: #d0e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.161,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83838,
    "c": 0.08732,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD597

secondary

#8265AB

accent

#30B668

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD597

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

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