#BBD799#BBD799

#BBD799 is a very light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.088 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBD799
RGB	rgb(187, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(87, 44%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(87, 29%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 28.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.63, -20.04, 27.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.63, 34.12, 125.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0541 0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.088 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.5429, 61.4652, 39.3320)
Luminance	0.6147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBD799 #B599D7

analogous

#D7D499 #BBD799 #9CD799

triadic

#BBD799 #99BBD7 #D799BB

tetradic

#BBD799 #99D7D4 #B599D7 #D7999C

square

#BBD799 #99D7D4 #B599D7 #D7999C

split-complementary

#BBD799 #999CD7 #D499D7

monochromatic

#80B045 #9EC66D #BBD799 #D8E8C5 #F0F6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#BBD799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#BBD799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBD799

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBD799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBD799	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDCF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9CD9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BED1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbd799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.088 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0e3b7',
    500: '#bbd799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbd799;
$custom-light: #d0e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbd799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.097,
    "s": 43.662,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84313,
    "c": 0.08803,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBD799

secondary

#8766AE

accent

#2FB76C

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FBFCF8

border

#D4D5D1

text

#141511

muted

#838481

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBD799

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

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