#BBD696#BBD696

#BBD696 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.090 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD696
RGB	rgb(187, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(85, 44%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(85, 30%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 29.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, -19.97, 28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 34.99, 124.81°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.054 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.09 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0444, 60.8596, 37.9588)
Luminance	0.6086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD696 #B196D6

analogous

#D6D196 #BBD696 #9BD696

triadic

#BBD696 #96BBD6 #D696BB

tetradic

#BBD696 #96D6D1 #B196D6 #D6969B

square

#BBD696 #96D6D1 #B196D6 #D6969B

split-complementary

#BBD696 #969BD6 #D196D6

monochromatic

#81AE44 #9EC56A #BBD696 #D8E7C2 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BBD696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#BBD696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD696

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD696	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.090 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b5',
    500: '#bbd696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd696;
$custom-light: #d0e2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.313,
    "s": 43.836,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84036,
    "c": 0.09003,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD696

secondary

#8264AD

accent

#2FB768

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD696

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

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