#BBD59D#BBD59D

#BBD59D is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.080 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD59D
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 157)
HSL	hsl(88, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(88, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 26.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -18.46, 24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 30.99, 126.56°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0496 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.08 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3727, 60.5872, 40.9324)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD59D #B79DD5

analogous

#D5D39D #BBD59D #9FD59D

triadic

#BBD59D #9DBBD5 #D59DBB

tetradic

#BBD59D #9DD5D3 #B79DD5 #D59D9F

square

#BBD59D #9DD5D3 #B79DD5 #D59D9F

split-complementary

#BBD59D #9D9FD5 #D39DD5

monochromatic

#7FAD4A #9DC372 #BBD59D #D9E7C8 #F0F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BBD59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#BBD59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD59D

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD59D	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CCA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.080 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2ba',
    500: '#bbd59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd59d;
$custom-light: #d0e2ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.857,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 72.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8396,
    "c": 0.08017,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD59D

secondary

#896BAC

accent

#32B36E

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD59D

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

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