#BBD59B#BBD59B

#BBD59B is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.083 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD59B
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 155)
HSL	hsl(87, 41%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 27.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.12, -18.76, 25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.12, 31.97, 125.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.92% -0.0505 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(83.92% 0.083 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.2033, 60.5195, 40.0405)
Luminance	0.6052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD59B #B59BD5

analogous

#D5D29B #BBD59B #9ED59B

triadic

#BBD59B #9BBBD5 #D59BBB

tetradic

#BBD59B #9BD5D2 #B59BD5 #D59B9E

square

#BBD59B #9BD5D2 #B59BD5 #D59B9E

split-complementary

#BBD59B #9B9ED5 #D29BD5

monochromatic

#80AD49 #9EC370 #BBD59B #D8E7C6 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BBD59B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#BBD59B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD59B

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD59B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD59B	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd59b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.083 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b8',
    500: '#bbd59b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd59b;
$custom-light: #d0e2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd59b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.897,
    "s": 40.845,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83919,
    "c": 0.08257,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.6052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD59B

secondary

#8769AC

accent

#32B46C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD59B

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

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