#BBD699#BBD699

#BBD699 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.086 H 127.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD699
RGB	rgb(187, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(87, 43%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 0%, 28.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -19.54, 27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 33.53, 125.65°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0527 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.086 127.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.2891, 60.9574, 39.2474)
Luminance	0.6096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD699 #B499D6

analogous

#D6D299 #BBD699 #9DD699

triadic

#BBD699 #99BBD6 #D699BB

tetradic

#BBD699 #99D6D2 #B499D6 #D6999D

square

#BBD699 #99D6D2 #B499D6 #D6999D

split-complementary

#BBD699 #999DD6 #D299D6

monochromatic

#80AE46 #9EC46D #BBD699 #D8E8C5 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#BBD699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#BBD699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD699

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD699	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCCE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8CC9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.086 127.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e2b7',
    500: '#bbd699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd699;
$custom-light: #d0e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.557,
    "s": 42.657,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84095,
    "c": 0.08649,
    "h": 127.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD699

secondary

#8667AD

accent

#30B66B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD699

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

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