#BBD59C#BBD59C

#BBD59C is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.081 H 128.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD59C
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 156)
HSL	hsl(87, 40%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 27%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 26.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.14, -18.61, 25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.14, 31.48, 126.24°)
OKLab	oklab(83.94% -0.0501 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(83.94% 0.081 128)
XYZ	xyz(50.2877, 60.5532, 40.4847)
Luminance	0.6055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD59C #B69CD5

analogous

#D5D29C #BBD59C #9FD59C

triadic

#BBD59C #9CBBD5 #D59CBB

tetradic

#BBD59C #9CD5D2 #B69CD5 #D59C9F

square

#BBD59C #9CD5D2 #B69CD5 #D59C9F

split-complementary

#BBD59C #9C9FD5 #D29CD5

monochromatic

#80AD49 #9DC371 #BBD59C #D9E7C7 #F0F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BBD59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#BBD59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD59C

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD59C	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.081 128.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b9',
    500: '#bbd59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd59c;
$custom-light: #d0e2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.368,
    "s": 40.426,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83939,
    "c": 0.08137,
    "h": 128
  },
  "luminance": 0.60554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD59C

secondary

#886AAC

accent

#32B36D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD59C

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

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