#BBD697#BBD697

#BBD697 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.089 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD697
RGB	rgb(187, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(86, 43%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(86, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 29.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -19.83, 28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 34.50, 125.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.06% -0.0535 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(84.06% 0.089 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1253, 60.8919, 38.3847)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD697 #B297D6

analogous

#D6D297 #BBD697 #9CD697

triadic

#BBD697 #97BBD6 #D697BB

tetradic

#BBD697 #97D6D2 #B297D6 #D6979C

square

#BBD697 #97D6D2 #B297D6 #D6979C

split-complementary

#BBD697 #979CD6 #D297D6

monochromatic

#81AE45 #9EC56B #BBD697 #D8E7C3 #F1F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BBD697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#BBD697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD697

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD697	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCE93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CC9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.089 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b6',
    500: '#bbd697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd697;
$custom-light: #d0e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 43.448,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84056,
    "c": 0.08885,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD697

secondary

#8365AD

accent

#2FB769

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD697

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

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