#BBD59E#BBD59E

#BBD59E is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.079 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD59E
RGB	rgb(187, 213, 158)
HSL	hsl(88, 40%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(88, 26%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 0%, 25.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.17, -18.31, 24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.17, 30.50, 126.89°)
OKLab	oklab(83.98% -0.0492 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(83.98% 0.079 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.4584, 60.6215, 41.3839)
Luminance	0.6062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD59E #B89ED5

analogous

#D5D39E #BBD59E #9FD59E

triadic

#BBD59E #9EBBD5 #D59EBB

tetradic

#BBD59E #9ED5D3 #B89ED5 #D59E9F

square

#BBD59E #9ED5D3 #B89ED5 #D59E9F

split-complementary

#BBD59E #9E9FD5 #D39ED5

monochromatic

#7FAD4B #9DC373 #BBD59E #D9E7C9 #F0F6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#BBD59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#BBD59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD59E

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD59E	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)

#DBCE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7CCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BDD0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 213, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.079 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2bb',
    500: '#bbd59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd59e;
$custom-light: #d0e2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.364,
    "s": 39.568,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83981,
    "c": 0.07898,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD59E

secondary

#8A6CAC

accent

#33B36F

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD59E

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

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