#BBD599#BBD599

#BBD599 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.085 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD599
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 153)
HSL	hsl(86, 42%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(86, 28%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 28.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.08, -19.05, 26.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.08, 32.94, 125.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0513 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.085 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.0368, 60.4528, 39.1633)
Luminance	0.6045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD599 #B399D5

analogous

#D5D199 #BBD599 #9DD599

triadic

#BBD599 #99BBD5 #D599BB

tetradic

#BBD599 #99D5D1 #B399D5 #D5999D

square

#BBD599 #99D5D1 #B399D5 #D5999D

split-complementary

#BBD599 #999DD5 #D199D5

monochromatic

#81AD47 #9EC36E #BBD599 #D8E7C4 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BBD599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.09

#BBD599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD599

13.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD599	1.00	1.60	13.09	13.09
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.085 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b7',
    500: '#bbd599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd599;
$custom-light: #d0e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86,
    "s": 41.667,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83878,
    "c": 0.08495,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD599

secondary

#8567AB

accent

#31B56A

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD599

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

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